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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.reg.msu.edu/Courses/Request.asp?SubjectCode=BMB&CourseNumber=469&Source=SB&Term=1146" target="_BLANK????" title="Click for Course Description"><b>BMB 469</b></a> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=10 valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Special Topics in Biochemistry</b> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="4%" nowrap valign=top style='width:4.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b> </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="6%" nowrap valign=top style='width:6.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Section </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="6%" nowrap valign=top style='width:6.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Credits </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="11%" valign=top style='width:11.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Hours Arranged </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="7%" nowrap valign=top style='width:7.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Days </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="15%" nowrap valign=top style='width:15.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Times </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="17%" nowrap valign=top style='width:17.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Location </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="11%" nowrap valign=top style='width:11.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><a href="http://schedule.msu.edu/searchResults.asp#SearchResults">Instructor</a>s </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="6%" nowrap valign=top style='width:6.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td width="4%" valign=top style='width:4.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td width="8%" valign=top style='width:8.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://schedule.msu.edu/inc/plannerEntry.asp?fp60Vq=MKRWNQ" title=""Open Section - 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5:00 PM <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://maps.msu.edu/interactive/index.php?location=BCH" target="_blank" title="Click to view a campus map">101 Biochemistry</a> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=textsentencecase>Dr Zachary Burton (coordinator)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=textsentencecase><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=textsentencecase>Dr. Padmanabhan<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td><td style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=10 style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Sec 001-Topic: <b>Computers in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</b> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>IMPORTANT: Students must bring their own laptop computer to every class</span>. Students will develop practical skills using personal computers to access online resources for research and teaching. Computers will be used as tools for student self-teaching and learning. Topics will likely include: 1) effective scientific graphing (Excel); 2) multiple sequence alignments (NCBI and exPASy servers; Jalview); 3) virtual plasmid construction (NCBI and ExPASy servers); 4) DNA sequence analysis (i.e. restriction enzyme sites, reading frames, promoters, ribosome attachment sequences, terminators); 5) evolutionary trees (NCBI and ExPASy servers; BLAST searches; Jalview); 6) molecular graphics (Visual molecular dynamics modules on hemoglobin conformational shifts, DNA topoisomerases and RNA polymerases); 7) molecular dynamics simulations (using simulation files from Burton laboratory projects); 8) genomics (NCBI and ExPASy servers); 9) transcriptomics (NCBI and ExPASy servers); and 10) gene regulatory networks (NCBI and ExPASy servers). <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#006600'>Mary Villarreal</span></i></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Administrative Assistant </span></i></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Undergraduate Program Office</span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology</span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Michigan State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Biochemistry Building<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>603 Wilson Road, Room 105A</span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>East Lansing, MI 48824</span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Phone </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>(</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>517) 353-8949 / Departmental Fax (517) 353-9334</span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'>Office Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm </span></b><span style='color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#006600'><a href="http://www.bmb.msu.edu/~ugrad/index.html"><span style='color:#006600'>www.bmb.msu.edu/~ugrad/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>