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• CHMI-5236EL - Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes

  This course will focus on the diverse molecular aspects characterizing eukaryotic organisms. The structure and metabolism of the eukaryotic genome, the regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of cell differentiation and development will be reviewed in detail. Three lectures per week, o...

• CHMI-5246EL - Selected Topics - Biochemistry

  Topics selected from the recent literature in biochemistry, molecular biology and related fields will be studied in depth. Three lectures per week, one term.

• CHMI-5256EL - Molecular Basis of Cancer

  An advanced study of the regulation of chromosome replication, cell-cycle control, signal transduction pathways and apoptosis. The defects in cell-cycle checkpoints and genome instability will be discussed in the context of tumorigenesis. Three lectures per week, one term. ...

• CHMI-5266EL - Molecular Evolution

  This course deals with the fundamentals of theoretical and applied molecular evolution. Molecular evolution merges the fields of genetics and evolutionary biology to examine the biological world. Topics to be covered are: DNA, RNA and protein data and databases, mutation and genetic variation, the n...

• CHMI-5486EL - Advanced Medicinal Chemistry

  This course will explore advanced concepts of medicinal chemistry. The mechanisms of drug action and pharmacokinetic principles will be discussed in detail. This will be followed by a discussion of the strategies in drug design with special emphasis on combinatorial chemistry and related topics. The...

• CHMI-5516EL - Topics in Advanced Thermodynamics

  This course will treat the principles of chemical thermodynamics from the basis of the theoretical energy surface, through the use of Legendre transforms, Jacobians, stability determinants and elements of Riemannian geometry. Applications of these principles to ideal and non-ideal chemical systems a...

• CHMI-5517EL - Surface Chemistry of Biomaterials

  This course will examine the influence of surface chemistry on the in-vivo performance of biomaterials. Some of the topics covered will include cell/surface adhesion, biocompatibility of implant materials, corrosion of metallic implants in-vivo and surface modification strategies for improving devic...

• CHMI-5546EL - Topics in Mathematical Chemistry

  The following selected topics in current mathematical chemistry will be discussed in a unified manner: molecular graph theory, analysis of 3-dimensional molecular shape, topology and geometry of macromolecular chains, density functional theory and the theory of atoms-in-molecules. Applications to co...

• CHMI-5576EL - Statistical Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics

  An introduction to statistical ensembles of closed and open systems, and their use to compute thermodynamic properties from microscopic information. Topics include: classical and quantum statistics, partition functions and their use in the calculation of thermodynamic properties of gases and solids....

• CHMI-5597EL - Computer-Aided Molecular Simulations and Chemical Design

  This course covers in detail: theoretical approaches to chemical reactivity, computeraided molecular modelling and drug design, and molecular dynamics simulations. Special emphasis will be on computer simulations of liquids, solid-gas adsorption, drugreceptor interaction, protein folding, and the co...

• CHMI-5606EL - Research Seminar in Chemistry

  Students will present two seminars, one of which must be on a topic in a field of research other than that of their thesis. Topics will be chosen in consultation with the research director. cr 3.

• CINE-1005EL - Motion Picture Arts: Form

  This course provides an understanding of form (i.e., the shot,montage and sound), and the subsequent formal conventions of the motion picture arts. Prominence is given to the fundamental elements that comprise form in the motion picture arts, and how they may function both individually and as a unit...