Teaching
What are the fundamental features of living systems? What are the molecules imparting them and how do their chemical properties explain their biological roles? The answers form a basis for understanding the molecules of life, the cell, diseases, and medicines. In contrast with traditional presentations of relevant scientific disciplines in separate courses, we take an integrated approach, presenting chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology framed within central problems such as the biology of viral infections.
MCB 355. Visualizing, Analyzing and Presenting Macromolecular Structures with PyMOL
PyMOL is one of the most popular software programs to display and explore high-resolution structures of macromolecules. It is readily used to create publication-quality figures, and movies and animations of structural information. In this course, you will learn the basics of PyMOL and be able to display, explore and present three-dimensional structures of macromolecules. With this basic training, you will be able to generate high-quality images and simple movies, and have the resources to learn more on your own to generate more complex displays