BCMB276

CHEM'L BIO-TEC & APPS IN RSRCH

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Also listed under 1 other title
  • NUCLEIC ACID STRUC & FUNC
Terms offered
9
Data refreshed
Jun 30, 2026

Description

An in-depth discussion of tools and techniques of chemical biology and its applications in research, with a focus on cancer research. After discussion of the chemical tools, we shall study current research utilizing these tools to address biological problems. Some techniques that will be covered are chemical and biological library synthesis, library screening methods, quantitative techniques such as Fluorescence polarization, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Isothermal Calorimetry. Biological research problems such as kinase inhibition, modulation of protein protein interactions, targeted protein degradation in live cells and live cell imaging using biorthoganal reporters will be discussed.

Syllabi

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Offering history & forecast 2016–2026

1996
2026
Sections offered by academic year and season, with estimated offering chances for future years above the divider
YearFallSpringSummerIntersession
2030 2030 Fall: 31% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department faculty is about 20% above its recent average. 2030 Spring: 45% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 9 spring terms since 2018. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 19% above its recent average. 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020.
2029 2029 Fall: 26% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count falling about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 21% above its recent average. 2029 Spring: 45% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 10 spring terms since 2017. Department course count rising about 5% per year. Department faculty is about 21% above its recent average. 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2028 2028 Fall: 28% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 21% above its recent average. 2028 Spring: 46% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 11 spring terms since 2016. Department course count rising about 5% per year. Department faculty is about 20% above its recent average. 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2027 2027 Fall: 29% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 21% above its recent average. 2027 Spring: 46% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 5 of 12 spring terms since 2015. Department course count rising about 5% per year. Department faculty is about 21% above its recent average. 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2026 1 section Not offered Not offered No data for this term
2025 Not offered 1 section Not offered Not offered
2024 Not offered Not offered Not offered Not offered
2023 Not offered 1 section Not offered Not offered
2022 Not offered Not offered Not offered Not offered
2021 1 section Not offered Not offered Not offered
2020 Not offered 1 section Not offered Not offered
2019 Not offered 1 section Not offered No data for this term
2018 Not offered 1 section Not offered No data for this term
2017 Not offered Not offered Not offered Not offered
2016 Not offered Not offered Not offered No data for this term
Forecast Under 15% 15–39% 40–69% 70–89% 90%+ Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession Darker means more sections Not offered No data for term

Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.

Meeting times

Most recent first
  • Mon, Wed, 12:00 PM–1:15 PM Sackler Science Center S311 2026
  • Mon, Wed, 4:15 PM–5:30 PM Sackler Science Center S122 2025
  • Tue, Thu, 9:00 AM–10:15 AM Sackler Science Center N217 1998
Credit-bearing sections of BCMB276
TermProfessorTypeCreditsEnrollmentCRN
Fall 2026Arundhati NagLecture1 8 of 16 enrolled24629
Spring 2025Arundhati NagLecture1 13 of 16 enrolled33801
Spring 2023Arundhati NagLecture1 7 of 16 enrolled32679
Fall 2021Arundhati NagLecture1 10 of 16 enrolled28245
Spring 2020Arundhati NagLecture1 10 of 16 enrolled36606
Spring 2019Arundhati NagLecture1 7 of 16 enrolled36606
Spring 2018Arundhati NagLecture1 3 of 16 enrolled36606
Spring 1998David L. ThurlowLecture1 14 of 30 enrolled32736
Spring 1996David L. ThurlowLecture1 9 of 30 enrolled30036