Introductory Chemical Biology

This chemical biology survey course explores the intersection between chemistry and biology and focuses on the use of chemical tools to manipulate and study biological systems.

The course is comprised of three units focused on proteins, nucleic acids, and drug discovery.

Topics include physical properties of amino acids and proteins, protein synthesis, post-translational modifications, physical properties of nucleic acids, engineering functional RNAs, genomics, epigenetics, directed evolution, genome engineering, small molecule libraries and screening, and macromolecular drugs.