Course Name: Essentials of Biomolecules : Nucleic Acids and Peptides

Course abstract

The proposed course aims to provide essentials of chemistry and biology of two very important class of biomolecules: nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) and proteins. The course allows to decipher: how structural features are translated into biological functions; how highly organized and selective chemical reactions are adopted that allows DNA to replicate or dictates step-wise synthesis of specific sequence of proteins; how organic chemistry tools in combination with enzymes were ingeniously applied to determine sequences of DNA and proteins and how chemical modifications could be done to mimic similar biological properties. The course also includes modern techniques, development of biomolecular probes as high-throughput detection of biomolecules, single nucleotide polymorphisms and disease diagnosis. Overall, the course falls within the domain of organic chemistry and chemical biology.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Lal Mohan Kundu

Dr. Lal Mohan Kundu studied B.Sc. (Honors) in chemistry from RKMRC Narendrapur, Calcutta University in 1998. After completing master degree in chemistry from IIT Kharagpur in 2000, he moved to LMU Munich, Germany to pursue PhD with Prof. Thomas Carell. During this tenure he worked for the development of modified nucleic acids, DNA damage and repair. During postdoctoral stay at University of Alberta, Canada with Prof. Glan Loppnow and subsequently with Prof. Mizuo Maeda in RIKEN, Japan, he worked for the synthesis of modified nucleic acids probes for high-throughput detection of genomic mutations. Dr. Kundu joined the department of chemistry at IIT Guwahati in 2009 as assistant professor. He’s currently as associate professor and works in organic synthesis of nucleic acids, anticancer agents, peptide chemistry, biomolecular based targeted drug delivery and nanoparticle based therapeutics. His teachings in UG and PG level include: organic chemistry, chemical biology, biological macromolecules.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Gourav Bhattacharjee

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Himadree Das

P.hD

 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2020
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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020
 Exam Date : 26-Apr-2020

Enrolled

984

Registered

24

Certificate Eligible

18

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

4

Elite

9

Successfully completed

4

Participation

3

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Essentials of Biomolecules : Nucleic Acids and Peptides - Toppers list

NIKHIL SARIPALLI 93%

GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE FOR DEGREE AND P.G. COURSES (AUTONOMOUS)

PRITA SHAMRAO BORKAR 87%

NES SCIENCE COLLEGE, NANDED

DHANASHRI BALASAHEB MIRAJKAR 87%

DD Enterprises

NIHARIKA BALA 87%

VIGNANS FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 984

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 107

Assignment Statistics



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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.