NMR spectroscopy has recently experienced tremendous progress and now provides atomic resolution information on biological macromolecules in a variety of different aggregation states relevant to understand living systems.
The aim of the course is to provide the general background of modern biomolecular NMR techniques for the structural and dynamic characterization of biological macromolecules and their interactions and to discuss about recent progress and perspectives.
A variety of textbooks describing biomolecular NMR spectroscopy are available. These are presented to the students on occasion of the first lecture.
The powerpoint presentations used during the course are made available to the students.
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the basic knowledge to have structural and dynamic information on biological macromolecules through NMR spectroscopy (NMR). The course comprises lectures as well as practicals at the spectrometers.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
Total number of hours for Lectures (hours): 48
Total number of hours for Laboratory-field practice : 12
Type of Assessment
Several practical sessions to monitor how the students follow the course.
The final exam is constituted by an oral examination. The exam starts through the discussion on a small research on a topic chosen from three proposed.
The minimal number of sessions is guaranteed and the teacher is ready to include additional dates to meet the students’ needs.
Course program
NMR spectroscopy has recently experienced tremendous progress and now provides atomic resolution information on biological macromolecules in a variety of different aggregation states relevant to understand living systems.
The aim of the course is to provide the general background of modern biomolecular NMR techniques for the structural and dynamic characterization of biological macromolecules and their interactions and to discuss about recent progress and perspectives.