Simmons University

CHEM345 - 01 - Biochemistry

Credits

4.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 13

Open Seats

11 of 42

Schedule

Mon, Wed, Fri 11:00 – 11:50am

Course Type

Lecture

Location

In Person

Section

01

Faculty

Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield

Prerequisites

CR A grade of C- or better in CHEM 216 & CHEM 225, completion of BIOL 225 recommended

Description

Covers organizing principles of living systems; structure and function of proteins, sugars, and lipids; mechanism and kinetics of enzymes; introduction to bioenergetics; and integration and control of metabolic pathways. One laboratory per week emphasizes modern instrumentation such as Western blotting, column chromatography, HPLC, and spectrophotometer metric methods. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.