Experimental methods for the purification, analysis and characterization of proteins and nucleic acids. Work on small research projects.

The lecture teaches central reactions and metabolic pathways of biochemistry as well as molecular biology with emphasis on chemical and partly biophysical aspects.

The course deals with structural and functional details of individual cell components and their mode of interaction. Compartmentalization of biochemical processes, signaling and regulation, and detoxification are analyzed in functional and structural terms.

This lecture course targets physics students and students of interdisciplinary sciences (major physics) for their education in biophysics. In this course the basics of molecular biology are presented bearing in mind the special interests of the physics students.

Concepts and molecular mechanisms underlying the biochemistry of the cell, providing advanced insights into structure, function and regulation of individual cell components. Particular emphasis will be put on the spatial and temporal integration of different molecules and signaling pathways into global cellular processes such as intracellular transport, cell division & growth, and cell migration.

Laboratory course with advanced experiments in the plant sciences, biochemistry, and structural biology.

This 1st year Laboratory course introduces the student to the entire range of classical and modern molecular biosciences. During this course (Praktikum GL BioI) the students will do three praktikum days in:- Biochemistry- Cell Biology I- Microbiology- Plant Anantomy & Ecology(total of 12 experiments)Each experiment takes one full day.

The lecture provides an introduction to the basics of biochemistry and molecular biology as well as evolutionary principles. The focus is on bacteria and archaea under consideration of universal concepts.

The course provides an introduction to Biochemistry / Molecular Biology with some emphasis on chemical and biophysical aspects.

The course provides an introduction to Biochemistry / Molecular Biology with some emphasis on chemical and biophysical aspects.

The lecture provides an introduction to the function and regulations of cells.

This course will introduce the students to high-resolution structure determination using single particle cryo-electron microscopy, one of the key techniques for determining structures of biological macromolecules

This Concept Course explores the molecular and structural mechanisms underlying key processes in gene expression and protein biogenesis. The course will present advanced mechanistic aspects of the organization and regulation of chromatin, transcription, RNA maturation, translation, and the pathways of protein folding, modification, trageting to membranes, and quality control.

Molekular biology and Biophysics III: Biophysics of protein folding, membrane proteins and biophysics of membranes, enzymatic catalysis, katalytic RNA and RNAi, proteome analytics, actual literature in protein biophysics and structural biology

The course consists of a series of research seminars on Structural Biology and Biophysics, given by both scientists of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Structural Biology and external speakers.

This course on advanced topics in molecular biology and biochemistry covers the structure and function of large cellular protein assemblies. The lecturers will cover topics including membrane proteins, protein glycosylation, horizonal gene transfer, microbial cytomotive filaments, and microbial contractile injection systems.

This course provides an in-depth discussion of two main methods to determine the 3D structures of macromolecules and complexes at high resolution: X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. Both techniques result in electron density maps that are interpreted by atomic models.

Structure, function and chemistry of nucleic acids and carbohydrates.