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Course Spotlight: Cheminformatics

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The world of big data is here and cheminformatics is the study of data formats/databases applicable to chemistry. The course will introduce the student to basic data formats for storing digital chemical information and common public access databases important to the practicing chemist. These include; chemical structures, chemical reactions and spectroscopic data. A brief introduction to programming will teach the student how to access and retrieve data from a number of public databases.

When: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday  10:20 – 11:15 AM

Prerequisites: CHEM 2510 (Organic Chemistry I)

*For SP18 only: Students registering for this course will enroll in CHEM 4194

Schedule an appointment with your Chemistry or Biochemistry adviser to plan your Spring 2018 schedule today!

New Course Spotlight: Chem 5230 – Neurotransmitter Chemistry

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dichloropane (RTI-111)
IC50 at DAT/SERT/NET
0.8/3.1/18 nM
100x potency of (-)-cocaine
cocaine-like subjective effects in animals

Joy and fear. Anxiety and euphoria. Depression and transcendence. Humans throughout history have sought to alter their own mood and perceptions using substances from outside of the body, and in the 21st century, these processes of neurotransmission have never been better understood. With this knowledge, treatments for debilitating mental illness have been born, yet in spite of this knowledge, many who suffer from addiction continue to die. At the center of this human drama are the chemical structures that modulate natural brain processes, and this course aims to tell their story.

After building a foundation of receptor biochemistry and pharmacological methods, students will explore the structure and chemistry of endogenous molecules, and the discovery and development of the natural and man-made ones that influence them. This course should be interesting to students of various majors, including chemistry, biochemistry, neuroscience, and pharmaceutical sciences.

When: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday  4:10-5:05 PM

Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry Lecture II (CHEM 2520/2620/2920H) & Organic Chemistry Lab I (CHEM 2540)

Schedule an appointment with your Chemistry or Biochemistry adviser to plan your Spring 2018 schedule today!

New Course Spotlight: Chem 2990 – Intro to Chemical Research

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Chem 2990: Introduction to Chemical Research will help students develop their technical writing skills by dissecting the parts of a research paper and subsequently writing a publication-quality research paper. Additionally, faculty from the Department of Chemistry will discuss their research and opportunities in their labs for undergraduates.

This one credit course is aimed at students interested in conducting research in the Department of Chemistry, and is new this Spring semester!

 

When: Mondays 3:00-3:55PM

Prerequisites: Successful completion of CHEM 1220/1620/1920H (General Chemistry II) and ENGL 1110.

Schedule an appointment with your Chemistry or Biochemistry adviser to plan your Spring 2018 schedule today!