Biological Chemistry (BIOC)
Prerequisites: Biochemistry Major; Permission
Permission to enroll will be granted upon review of the proposed internship request by the instructor.
Description: Provides an opportunity for a practical experience and career exploration/development in a selected business, industry, agency or educational institution. Activities must include a significant biochemistry, computational/systems biology, or biochemistry career related focus.
Prerequisites: Permission
This course may be repeated four times; research students should enroll in BIOC 498 in subsequent semesters. Permission to enroll will be granted upon review of the Request for Research Experience application by supervising UNL faculty.
Description: An introduction to laboratory or field methods in preparation for independent research.
Interest in becoming a biochemistry major.
Description: Introduction to the field of biochemistry and exploration of biochemistry related careers.
BIOC 101 and CHEM 110A/CHEM 110L or CHEM 114 suggested to be taken prior to this course or concurrent enrollment.
Description: Data analysis and presentation, hypothesis-driven research execution and various types of scientific writing with detailed examination of high impact biochemistry research literature.
This course is a prerequisite for: BIOC 435
Prerequisites: Biochemistry major or minor; BIOC 431 or concurrent.
Letter grade only.
Description: Focused preparation for graduate/professional school application through reflective writing and application specific activities.
Prerequisites: BIOC 431 or concurrent
Description: Seminars by UNL faculty, graduate students, and external guests provide a picture of research in biochemistry and the related life sciences
Will not count towards a biochemistry major.
Description: Structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids; enzymes; principal metabolic pathways; and biochemical expression of genetic information.
Prerequisites: LIFE 120 with a grade of C or better; CHEM 252 or CHEM 262 with a grade of C or better.
BIOS 206 or PLAS 215 is recommended. First course of a two-semester, comprehensive biochemistry course sequence.
Description: Structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids; nature of enzymes; major metabolic pathways of catabolism; and biochemical energy production.
This course is a prerequisite for: AGRO 810, BIOC 810, HORT 810; ASCI 820; ASCI 917; ASCI 925, NUTR 925; ASCI 926, NUTR 926; ASCI 927, NUTR 927; BIOC 305; BIOC 390; BIOC 432, BIOC 832, BIOS 432, CHEM 432, CHEM 832, BIOS 832; BIOC 433, BIOC 833, BIOS 433, BIOS 833, CHEM 433, CHEM 833; BIOC 433H; BIOC 440; FDST 470, FDST 870; NUTR 450; NUTR 455; NUTR 820, NUTR 420; NUTR 821; PLAS 434, BIOC 434, BIOS 434, CHEM 434, AGRO 834, BIOC 834, BIOS 834, CHEM 834; VBMS 410; VBMS 805; VBMS 950
Description: Introduction to techniques used in biochemical and biotechnology research, including measurement of pH, spectroscopy, analysis of enzymes, chromatography, fractionation of macromolecules, electrophoresis, and centrifugation.
433H is a course-based research experience (CURE) where students immerse in an authentic research project.
Description: A discovery-based research experience. Hypothesis-driven design of experiments. Data collection and analysis employing techniques used in spectroscopy, bioinformatics, mutagenesis, recombinant DNA, chromatography, enzyme analysis
Prerequisites: BIOC/BIOS/CHEM 431/831.
Description: Biochemical metabolism unique to plants. Relationships of topics previously acquired in general biochemistry to biochemical processes unique to plants. Biochemical mechanisms behind physiological processes discussed in plant or crop physiology.
Prerequisites: BIOC/BIOS/CHEM 433/833.
Description: Methods approach to systems biology analysis. Molecular identification and quantification employing techniques such as mass spectrometry, chromatography, electrophoretic fractionation, transcriptomics, protemics and metabolomics. Data and pathway analysis with computational methods.
This course is a prerequisite for: VBMS 919
Letter grade only.
Description: To introduce and integrate, students in biochemistry and other life sciences, to the field of computational modeling of biochemical and biological network systems into a seamless curriculum.
Prerequisites: Any introductory course in biology, or genetics, or statistics.
Description: Databases, high-throughput biology, literature mining, gene expression, next-generation sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics, system biology and biological networks.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Permission to enroll will be granted upon review of the Request for Research Experience application by supervising UNL faculty.
Description: Research on a specific biochemical project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Conduct a scholarly research project and write an undergraduate thesis.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Conduct a scholarly research project and write a University Honors Program undergraduate thesis.