BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Course Information
TitleΒΙΟΧΗΜΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΟΦΥΣΙΚΗ / BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
CodeΜΝΝ105
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40000158
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600133560
Course Type 2016-2020
  • General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction)
  • English (Instruction)
Course Content (Syllabus)
Biophysics: Differential Calorimetry - Unfolding of proteins - Lipid Phases. Membrane Dynamics, Ion Channels - Ion Pumps - Patch Clamp. Spectroscopy Visible/Ultraviolet (UV/Vis), Optical activation, Fluorescence. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Neutron Diffraction. Small angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering - protein structure in solution. Modelling methods (Molecular dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids-local and total structural changes - ligand binding - enzyme activity). Biochemistry: Structures of proteins, nucleic acids - Interaction of nucleic acids with other molecules. Biosynthesis and biodeconstruction of proteins and nucleic acids. The information in the structure of DNA - Transmittance of information. Methods of determination of structure of biological molecules. Laboratorial familiarization with techniques of isolation and determination of proteins. Control of enzyme action. Interaction of proteins with nucleic acids. Laboratorial familiarization and experiments.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Seminars
Total
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
Last Update
20-09-2013