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SYLLABUS 167 SYLLABUS General Perspectives in Biophysics and Molecular Biology lecture Physical Principles oi Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction lectures Wave theory interference and resolving power diffraction General Introduction to Cell Biology lectures Fine structure function and chemical components of cells and ribosomes Differentiation growth and reproduction Cell respira- tion Mitochondria Endoplasmic reticulum RNA and protein synthesis Chloroplasts and photosynthesis Cell division DNA in nuclei and chromosomes Nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction Cyto- genetics and immunogenetics Relation of molecular structure to cell structure Light Microscopy lectures Principles methods limitations Optical theory Bright dark- field ultraviolet phase contrast interference polarisation and fluorescence microscopy Interpretation of microscope images and quantitative measurements in biological systems Electron Microscopy lectures Electrons and fundamentals of electron optics The electron micro- scope and the practice of electron microscopy applications of electron microscopy to biological systems and macromolecules Molecular Structure and X-ray Diffraction lectures Stereochemistry chemical bonds structure determination crystals macromolecules X-ray diffraction Physical Chemistry and Structure of Biological Macromolecules 10 lectures Nature of macromolecules in solution Types of biological macro- molecules and synthetic analogues Determination of molecular weight and shape-osmotic pressure light scattering sedimentation diffusion viscosity rotational relaxation methods Biological macromolecules as polyelectrolytes Primary secondary and tertiary structures