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The [course_title] course deals with the basic molecular structural principles of biological materials. You will be introduced with the molecular structures of various elements of biological origins, such as several types of collagen, silk, spider silk, wool, hair, bones, shells, protein adhesives, GFP, and self-assembling peptides. The discussion will also be given on molecular design of new biological materials by explaining the molecular structural principles. The course also gives a short history of biological materials and its future perspective together with its impact on the society
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: MIT
Course Curriculum
| Module 01 | |||
| Important Role of Water Molecule, Hydration of Amino Acids, Protein and other Biological Materials | 00:00:00 | ||
| Amino Acids Their Chemical and Physical Properties | 00:45:00 | ||
| Beta Sheets Antiparallel, Parallel, and Twist; Beta Sheet Rich Proteins; Beta Sheets in Biological Materials | 00:45:00 | ||
| Practical Aspects of Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography, Part 1: X-ray Single Crystal Diffraction, Fiber Diffraction, and Preparation of Samples | 01:00:00 | ||
| NMR (Guest Lecturer: Peter Carr, MIT Media Lab) | 00:40:00 | ||
| Practical Aspects of Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography, Part 2 | 01:00:00 | ||
| Analytical Approaches and Instrumentation (Guest Lecturer: Sotirus Koutsopoulos, Ph.D) | 00:50:00 | ||
| Silk | 00:45:00 | ||
| Biomineralization: Sea Creatures | 00:45:00 | ||
| Biomineralization: Bones and Teeth | 00:45:00 | ||
| Module 02 | |||
| Bioadhesives | 00:45:00 | ||
| Lipids as Building Materials | 01:00:00 | ||
| Polysaccharides and Oligosaccharides | 00:45:00 | ||
| Molecular Structure and Self-assembly of DNA and RNA | 01:00:00 | ||
| Macromolecular Interactions and Protein and Adsorption (Guest Lecturer: Larry Unsworth, Ph.D, National Institute for Nanotechnology) | 00:45:00 | ||
| DNA Molecular Machines | 00:45:00 | ||
| Fluorescent Proteins | 01:00:00 | ||
| Self-assembling Peptide Systems (Dr. Zhang’s Research) | 01:00:00 | ||
| Self-assembling Peptide Systems (Dr. Zhang’s Research) (cont.) | 00:45:00 | ||
| Research in Biomaterials | 01:00:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
| Certification | 00:00:00 | ||
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