67-112 Lecture Foundations of Structure Analysis

Course offering details

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda

Event type: Lecture

Displayed in timetable as: GST VL

Hours per week: 2

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: - | 30

Comments/contents:
This is an introduction to protein structure, how it is determined and how reliable it is.
Topics include
- Introduction to protein structure (I will try not to be too boring for chemists, biologists and biochemists)
- Protein structures from


  • nuclear magnetic resonance and distance geometry
  • cryo electron microscopy
  • X-ray crystallography

- Protein structures from crystallography
- dynamics - single and multi-state models
- stability
- comparison of strucures

The lectures will either be in school-child-level German or elegant and well-spoken English.

Learning objectives:
One should be able to discuss

- where protein structures come from
- how reliable are they ?
- how can they be compared with each other

Didactic concept:
Lectures with transparencies

Literature:
Handouts from the lecture slides.

Additional examination information:
90 minute written exam in German.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Mon, 17. Oct. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
2 Mon, 24. Oct. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
3 Mon, 7. Nov. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
4 Mon, 14. Nov. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
5 Mon, 21. Nov. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
6 Mon, 28. Nov. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
7 Mon, 5. Dec. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
8 Mon, 12. Dec. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
9 Mon, 19. Dec. 2022 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
10 Mon, 9. Jan. 2023 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
11 Mon, 16. Jan. 2023 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
12 Mon, 23. Jan. 2023 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
13 Mon, 30. Jan. 2023 14:15 15:45 ZBH Rm 16 Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda
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Instructors
Prof. Dr. Andrew Ernest Torda