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Biochemistry
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 8/30/21 - 12/23/21
Biochemistry
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Biology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15538
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Cell and Molecular Biology
DESCRIPTION
Proteins act both as building blocks and molecular machines orchestrating cell and tissue function. Our Biochemistry course will cover a variety of normal and pathological protein functions in processes such as metabolism, cell signaling, immunology and others.
1. Introduction
2. Enzymes
3. Protein analysis I
4. Protein analysis II
5. Metabolic routes I
6. Metabolic routes II
7. Metabolic routes III. Biosynthetic and degradation pathways
8. Signal Transduction
9. Cancer
10. Clinical biochemistry I
11. Clinical biochemistry II (diabetes and obesity).
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
a. protein extration quantification and analysis
b. electrophoresis
c. western blot analysis
d. enzyme kinetics
1. Introduction
2. Enzymes
3. Protein analysis I
4. Protein analysis II
5. Metabolic routes I
6. Metabolic routes II
7. Metabolic routes III. Biosynthetic and degradation pathways
8. Signal Transduction
9. Cancer
10. Clinical biochemistry I
11. Clinical biochemistry II (diabetes and obesity).
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
a. protein extration quantification and analysis
b. electrophoresis
c. western blot analysis
d. enzyme kinetics