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My advice on what to do before coming to class, regarding the matters listed in the calendar:
Protein
- Protein (notes): This will be your main chance to discuss matters raised in these notes, so I advise that you read them beforehand, and use the study questions to help you assess which in areas, if any, you could use some discussion.
Problem Sets:
- Problem Set 1: We will spend time in class on Problem Set 1, both the sections on Strategies of Life and How to Find Articles. Really! If you have time before class to make attempts with these problems, then time spent in class will be more rewarding (but first priority should be the Protein notes).
- What is a Gene?: Get far enough into What is a Gene? before coming to class to get to a place that's difficult for you. That way, either I or your group can chew on your issues during class and possibly give you some insight.
I. Basic Information
A. Your name
II. Old business
(no need to repeat anything you've said in a previous questionnaire)
A. What is a Gene?
B. Truth in Research Articles
- Anything further you'd like to discuss regarding making sense of the seemingly contradictory
Vitamin D research articles?
- Was the exercise helpful in seeing the necessity of grappling with how an experiment was done in order to understand its results?
- Do you see the tension in science? -- What is true is so specific as to seem trivial. What is big and important is distant from what we can know to be true.
III. Protein structure and function
How far have you gotten in the notes entitled
Protein?
You might provide the last section you read or the last study question you addressed (e.g. SQ12).
Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (as defined by the notes Protein):
- What amino acids are and how they differ from one another
- How amino acids are joined to form proteins
- How the sequence of amino acids of a protein contribute to its ultimate three-dimensional shape
- The distinction between primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins
- How the entire three-dimensional structure participates in forming the critical active site of chymotrypsin
- Two ways in which hydrophobic amino acids can direct a protein to sit in a membrane
- How a greater ability to predict protein function from its primary structure would change the world we live in
- What all of this has to do with bioinformatics
- Study questions 1 through 7
- Anything else?
With this in mind, how could class time best be spent to meet your needs?
(As always, specifics!)
IV. Miscellaneous
Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?
Thanks!
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