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154 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE Third Session -Organic Chemistry hrs A10-Inorganic and Physical -Practical Class 15 hrs Chemistry hrs II-B Sc General First Session Second Session -Physical Chemistry hr Zs-Physical Chemistry hr Z2-Inorganic Chemistry hr Ze-Inorganic Chemistry hr Z3-Organic Chemistry hr -Organic Chemistry hrs Z4-Practical Class hrs Z8-Practical Class hrs Third Session Z9-Physical Chemistry hrs -Organic Chemistry hr Z10-Inorganic Chemistry hr Z12-Practical Class hrs Ill-Ancillary Courses Chemistry ancillary to Sc Special Botany and Zoology First Session Second Session Z13-General Chemistry hr Z16-General Chemistry hr Z14-Organic Chemistry hr Z17-Organic Chemistry hr Z16-Practical Class hrs Z18-Practical Class hrs Chemistry ancillary to So Special Geology First Session Second Session Z13-General Chemistry hr Z16-General Chemistry hr Z2-Inorganic Chemistry hr Z6-Inorganic Chemistry hr --Practical Class hrs a-Practical Class hrs BIOPHYSICS Head of the Department Professor Sir John Turton Randall Sc No undergraduate class is held Introductory Postgraduate Course in Biophysics This course consists of two lectures per week and one day of practical instruction per week throughout the session Subjects covered include light and electron microscopy X-ray diffraction natural polymers the cell molecular biology muscle contraction autoradiography This course is obligatory for all College research students for higher degrees in Biophysics and is also open to limited number of other suitably qualified persons on the payment of an appropriate fee Research Research may be undertaken by properly qualified persons and limited number of places is usually available for graduates wishing to study for higher degrees The Department is mainly concerned with the part played by macro- molecules particularly proteins and nucleic acids in the functioning of cells and tissues Many physical and biochemical techniques are used and are in course of development they include X-ray-diffraction analysis microscopical methods such as electron microscopy and inter- ference microscopy microspectrometry in various parts of the spectrum and molecular fractionation procedures