CHEM 470 Computational Chemical Biology
Fall 2006
Course Directors
Professor Zaida Luthey-Schulten - Sections A & B
Description
(CHEM 391A) Hands-on introduction to the simulation of biological molecules and bioinformatics. Topics included the principles of molecular modeling, molecular dynamics and monte carlo simulations, structure prediction in the context of structural and functional genomics, and the assembly of integrated biological systems. Course counts towards the CSE option. Same as BIOP 470.
Credits
(3 hours or ¾ unit)Course Prerequisites
One semester of undergraduate biology and organic chemistry and statistical thermodynamics or consent of instructor. Recommended: proficiency in Matlab and CS 101 or equivalent.
Required Materials
CHEM 470A
- None
CHEM 470B
- Biological Sequence Analysis, by Richard Durbin
Optional Materials
CHEM 470A
- Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis, by David Mount
CHEM 470B
- Molecular Modeling and Simulation, by T. Schlick
- Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11th ed., by Michael Madigan
- Understanding Molecular Simulation, 1st ed., Berend Smit, Dean Frenkel
