Information Technology and Literacy in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at UW-Eau Claire

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Class assignments using public databases (Chem 452, 454, 406)

• Bioinformatics-Genomics/Proteomics
• 452 proteomics scavenger hunt using PDB, SCOP,etc
• Case Studies using Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man ( OMIM) (454)
• Case Study take home exam

Interactive web term papers (Chem 406)

• Web Term papers- PDB, NCBI as primary data sources, PubMed for literature

• Example: Haloalkane Dehalogenase-CHIME used to present data
• See Molecules in Cyberspace for a tutorial
• Information shared with the world, i.e.,Becoming One with the database via theB/B International Database
• Chem 406 Term Papers at the World Index of BioMolecular  Visualization Resources

• PubMed
• Example: Cataytic RNA seminar
• Powerpoint
• Structural web site