CHEM 360: Essentials of Biochemistry
Spring 2025 – Office hours: 10:00 am – 11:00 am (Mon, Wed, Fri), or by appointment
CHEM 361: Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory
Spring 2025 – Office hours: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (Mon) or by appointment
(See below for the courses taught previously)
Training Resources:
NMR processing with the Delta software from Jeol USA; Recipes for visualizing TLC plates; Chemical shifts for common solvents/impurities in NMR;
Abbreviations for Organic Chemsitry; CombiFlash; Reference videos from MIT Digital Lab Techniques Manual and University of Minnesota Organic Chemistry group
How to use serological pipettes and electronic pipette aid; How to use a micropipette (video 1 and video 2); Common knowledge about level II biosafety cabinet (videos 1, 2, 3 & 4); Making aliquots of FBS; Counting cells with a hemocytometer; Cell thawing, culturing and freezing
pH meter calibration and maintenance; Calculator for making buffers; Recipe calculator for SDS-PAGE; Gel casting for SDS-PAGE (video 1 and video 2)
Group Beginner Training by Peers:
Posted in May 2020
Synthesis of β-peracetylated glucose, produced by Princess Walker and Laurem Andrews
Protocol written by Kwabena Duah
Posted in Feb 2021
Synthesis of tetraacetate β-thioglucoside, produced by Laurem Andrews and Jada Harvey
Cell Culture LOG
Learning how to culture mammalian cells for cytotoxicity assays of small molecules
Previous Teaching:
CHEM 230: Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences
Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
CHEM 231: Organic Chemistry 1
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
CHEM 232: Organic Chemistry 2
Summer 2019, Spring 2020
CHEM 241: Organic Chemistry 1 Lab
Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
CHEM 242: Organic Chemistry 2 Lab
Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2023
CHEM 360: Essentials of Biochemistry
Spring 2024, Summer 2024
CHEM 361: Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory
Spring 2023, Spring 2024
CHEM 410: Review of Chemistry Fundamentals
Fall 2022
CHEM 430/530: Intermediate Organic Laboratory Techniques
Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
CHEM 636: Advanced Organic Chemistry
Fall 2021, Fall 2022