CHEM 5621 — Principles of Chemical Biology

3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonTraditional

Explores the use of natural and unnatural small-molecule chemical tools to probe macromolecules, including affinity labeling and click chemistry. Covers nucleic acid sequencing technologies and solid-phase synthesis of nucleic acids and peptides. Discusses in-vitro selection techniques, aptamers, and quantitative issues in library construction. Uses molecular visualization software tools to investigate structures of macromolecules. Intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - one of:
    - CHEM 2313 (min C-)
    - CHEM 2317 (min C-)
  - one of:
    - CHEM 2321 (min C-)
    - CHEM 2331 (min C-)
    - CHEM 3331 (min C-)
  - one of:
    - CHEM 3401 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - CHEM 3421 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - CHEM 3431 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
- graduate program admission

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	10	40	25%	30.0
Spring 2024	1	20	80	25%	60.0
Fall 2024	1	18	40	45%	22.0
Spring 2025	1	32	50	64%	18.0
Fall 2025	1	19	40	48%	21.0
Spring 2026	1	17	40	43%	23.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: T (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Neel Joshi (79% of students) · reviews
Carolyn Lee-Parsons (21% of students) · reviews

Spring

Neel Joshi (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

CHEM 5625

Courses that list CHEM 5621 in their prerequisites.

Links

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