Calendar

1. Introduction and Water
2. Amino Acids
3. The Double Helix
4. Peptide Bond
5. Alpha Helicies
6. Biomimicry and Biomaterials
7. X-Ray Crystallography
8. Coiled Coils and Fibrous Proteins
9. Beta Sheet Structure
10. Collagen
11. Silks
12. Biominerals I: Shells and Diatoms
13. Biominerals II: Bone and Teeth
14. NMR, other tools
15. Bioadhesives and Other Topics
16. Lipids as Biomaterials
17. Nucleic Acids as Biomaterials
18. Sugars as Biomaterials
19: Peptide Self-Assembly and Shuguang Zhang's Research
20. Fluorescent Proteins
21. Self-Assembling Protein Systems
22. Regenerative Medicine and Shuguang Zhang's Research
23. Biocomputing
24, 25, 26. Graduate student presentations
(Final projects due)