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Teaching Biologically Relevant Chemistry throughout the Four-Year Chemistry Curriculum

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Sarah R. Kirk , Todd P. Silverstein and Jeffrey J. Willemsen

Chemistry Depatment, Willamette University, Salem, OR 97301-3930

J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83 (8), p 1171

DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1171

Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2006

Abstract

Many of today's undergraduate chemistry students appreciate exposure to topics of interest in the health and life sciences. Our first-year chemistry students learn introductory chemistry using eight case studies, four of which (air pollution, marine chemistry, blood chemistry, and bioenergetics) deal directly with human health issues and biological processes. For second-year students, we recently redesigned our two-semester organic chemistry course sequence so that students may choose between two equivalent versions of the second-semester course: one that stresses synthetic organic chemistry and another that stresses bioorganic chemistry. This latter course is discussed in some detail in this article, along with other novel aspects of our four-year chemistry curriculum.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Bioorganic Chemistry

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Probing Changes in the Conformation of tRNAPhe: An Integrated Biochemistry Laboratory Course
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- Probing Changes in the Conformation of tRNAPhe: An Integrated Biochemistry Laboratory Course
  Sarah R. Kirk , Todd P. Silverstein , Karen L. McFarlane Holman and Buck L. H. Taylor
  Journal of Chemical Education2008 85 (5), 666
  We have designed a new guided-inquiry laboratory for an advanced biochemistry course. This integrated laboratory focuses on the biomolecule tRNAPhe and combines elements of bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry with biochemistry. Throughout the semester ...
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