Details of LS4114 (Autumn 2026)

Level: 4 Type: Laboratory Credits: 4.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
LS4114 Chemical Biology Laboratory I Rahul Das,
Supratim Datta

Preamble
The Molecules of Life: Physical and Chemical Principles by John Kuriyan, Boyana
Konforti, and David Wemmer, Biochemistry by Voet and Voet, Lewins Gene XII, Essentials
of Chemical Biology. Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules Andrew Miller
and Julian Tanner. Introduction to Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology. David Van
Vranken and Gregory Weiss, Foundations of Chemical Biology. C. M. I. Dobson J. A. Gerrard,
and A. J. Pratt

Syllabus
Characterization of Amino acids by TLC
DNA and Protein estimation Bradford and UV
DNA Unfolding by UV-vis
Protein Folding by CD spectroscopy
Recombinant DNA technology
- Plasmid Purification and Restriction Enzyme Digestion
- Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
Techniques in protein expression and purification
- Growth curve (Secondary culture with and without induction)
- His tag purification with beads and preparation of the SDS-PAGE sample
- Antibody purification using Protein-A column
Measuring interactions
- ITC
- Binding Kinetics by Stopped-flow
- SPR

References
Study materials will be provided in class.

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Not Allowed
3 MP 1 Not Allowed
4 MP ( Chemical Biology ) 1 Core
5 MP 3 Not Allowed
6 MR 1 Not Allowed
7 MR 3 Not Allowed
8 MS 3 Not Allowed
9 MS 5 Not Allowed
10 MS 7 Not Allowed
11 MS 9 Not Allowed
12 RS 1 Not Allowed
13 RS 2 Not Allowed