Table 1.
First‐semester course modules
| Week | Module | Assignment type |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | Literature searches; electronic resources and tools (e.g. Pymol) | Problem set |
| 1b | Basics of pipetting with the micropipette | Practical (wet‐laboratory) |
| 2 | Critically reading the primary literature (in‐laboratory discussion) | Problem set |
| 3 | Making biochemical buffers and solutions | Calculations |
| 4 | Enzyme kinetics (using LDH as a test system) | Laboratory report |
| 5 | Analyzing enzyme kinetics data (computer laboratory) | |
| 6 | Computational biology, I: Bioinformatic tools, web/database resources | Problem set |
| 7a | General molecular cloning and transformation | Laboratory report |
| 7b | Recombinant protein expression and SDS‐PAGE | |
| 8 | Protein purification, I: Gel‐filtration and ion‐exchange chromatography | |
| 9 | Protein purification, II: Affinity chromatography | |
| 10 | Quantitative protein concentration determination; ligand‐binding | Laboratory report |
| 11 | Computational biology, II: Molecular visualization, modeling, docking | POI report |