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BIOC 5553 Agricultural Biochemistry Prerequisites: CHEM 3153 or equivalent.

BIOC 6000 Research Description: For PhD dissertation. Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-15 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 6110 Seminar Description: Maximum 2 for PhD or 1 for MS candidates. Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 2 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-2 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 6723 Signal Transduction Description: Classical signal transduction mechanisms including MAP kinase signaling cascades, Protein kinase A, Protein kinase C pathways, JAK/STAT pathways, calcium signaling, the cell cycle, programmed cell death, and cell signaling in cancer. Strong focus on the primary literature and experimental strategies used in modern cell biology. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 6733 Functional Genomics Prerequisites: BIOC 3653 or BIOC 3713 and BIOC 3813 or BIOC 5753 or consent of instructor. Description: Principles and techniques of genomics technologies and their applications in basic science and applied animal and plant research. Genome sequencing, variation detection, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, metagenomics, systems biology, forward and reverse genetics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 6740 Physical Biochemistry Prerequisites: One semester each of biochemistry, calculus and physical chemistry. Description: Two independent modules dealing with applications of physical chemistry and math to biological phenomena: 1) numerical analyses and selected spectroscopic methods, and 2) thermodynamics and transport properties. Modules may be taken together as two credits or individually for one credit. Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 2 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-2 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology

Description: Organism function at the biochemical level and how this relates to the more complex biological systems of plants and animals. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 5753 Biochemical Principles Prerequisites: CHEM 3153 or equivalent. Description: Chemistry of cellular constituents; introduction to the chemical processes in living systems. The first in a series of courses for graduate students in biochemistry and related fields. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 5824 Biochemical Laboratory Methods Prerequisites: BIOC 4113 or BIOC 5753. Description: Lecture and laboratory course in basic biochemistry and molecular biology methods for separation and analysis of biological materials, including chromatography, electrophoresis, centrifugation, use of radioisotopes, molecular cloning and DNA sequencing. Additional flat fee of $50.00 applies. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lab: 8 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 5853 Metabolism Prerequisites: BIOC 5753 or BIOC 4113. Description: Reaction sequences and cycles in the enzymatic transformations of fats, proteins and carbohydrates; energy transfer, biosynthesis and integration in the metabolic pathways. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology BIOC 5930 Advanced Biochemical Techniques Prerequisites: BIOC 5753, BIOC 5824 or concurrent registration, and consent of instructor. Description: Lecture and laboratory course in advanced research techniques, designed to supplement BIOC 5824. In subsequent semesters, individual research problems pursued in laboratories of department faculty for six weeks and one credit hour each. Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 10 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-4 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biochem & Molecular Biology