BIO/CHE B220: Biochemistry: Home

Each student shall submit a 10-page research paper (15% of final course grade) and deliver a 15-minute oral presentation (5% of final course grade) focused on the biochemical/molecular basis of one of the diseases/disorders listed below.

Suggested topics:

• 5-Oxoprolinuria
• Acetaminophen poisoning
• Albinism
• Alkaptonuria
• Cystic fibrosis
• Diabetes insipidus
• Ethylene glycol poisoning
• Fabry's disease
• Gaucher's disease
• Glycogen storage diseases
• Goiter
• Gout
• Hemophilia
• Hyperammonemia
• Hyperprolinemia
• Krabbe's disease
• Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
• Maple syrup urine disease
• MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease
• Nieman-Pick disease
• Phenylketonuria
• Primary fructosuria
• Primary hyperoxaluria
• Refsum's disease
• Rickets
• Scurvy
• Sickle cell anemia
• Tay-Sachs disease
• Thalassemia
• Tyrosinemia
• Wilson's disease
• Xeroderma pigmentosum

• Topic selection: Topics will be selected during lab on Thursday, August 29, 2019.
• Preliminary outline: Due on or before 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2019.
• Research papers: Due on or before 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2019.
• PowerPoint presentations: Due on or before 9:00 a.m. on student's assigned presentation date, either Thursday, November 14 or 21, 2019.