Calendar: 1963-1964 Page 167

166 BIOPHYSICS Further particulars of the syllabus may be obtained from Heads of Departments and Institutions through whom research students wishing to attend this course should apply to Professor Sir John Randall The number of acceptances in any one year is limited fee of twenty-five guineas is payable by those who are accepted for the course The course is intended to give an introduction to selected topics in molecular biology and also to some biophysical methods The subjects dealt with are those which are most actively being investigated by the staffs of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit and Department of Biophysics of King's College The course has been designed primarily for research students who have graduated in either physics chemistry or one of the biological subjects Sufficient background information will be given to make the course intelligible to students of all these disciplines The course will be open to limited numbers of graduates from King's College Colleges and Schools of the University and other appro- priate Institutions Owing to limitations of space for practical work it will be necessary to select from those wishing to take the whole course maximum number of some twenty students It is possible to accom- modate extra students for lectures only in which case fee of twelve and half guineas will be payable It would simplify the problem of selection if candidates for the course were to be recommended by Heads of Departments or Institutions The next course will begin in October 1963 and extend over three terms It will be repeated annually The weekly class-work will include two lectures and one day of laboratory instruction Lectures will be given at 5-6 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Laboratory instruction from 10 to on Thursdays throughout the academic year Seminars may also be arranged The total number of lectures will be about 55 and the number of days occupied by practical instruction 24