Exploring Proteins

Exploring Proteins offers a complete course in developing the skills to be able to understand the way proteins behave and the methods used to separate, identify and characterise them. It equips you with the skills you need to plan and carry out this experimental work, and to understand, analyse, and present the data your work generates.

SECTION A - THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND TOOLS; 1. Conceptual toolkit: The molecular principles for understanding proteins; 2. The key mathematical tools; 3. Calculations in the molecular biosciences; Part 1. Characterisation of molecular components; 4. Calculations in the molecular biosciences: Part 2. Characterisation of processes; SECTION B - GOALS AND METHODS; 5. The important properties of proteins and how to explore them; SECTION C - DATA ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE; 6. Analytical methods; 7. Purification of proteins; 8. Determination of protein structure; 9. Enzyme activity and mechanism; 10. Binding of ligands to proteins; 11. How to report experimental work