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Dear friends of mine, students of Biological Chemistry:
Coming to talk to you a bit in the end of spring semester and sharing some news with you or anwering a few questions some of you answered me for lately.
(1) @ Biochemistry II exam: make sure everybody has known about so far scheduled terms of written exams:
Monday June 1 at 9:00AM in B-1 lecture room
Friday June 19 at 9:00AM in ???, I promise you to let you know!
Wednesday June 24 at9:00AM in ???, I promise you to let you know!
Please, make sure that Biochemistry topics that will be on the list of test queries span so called dynamic biochemistry from Membrane transports and signal tranduction over introductory parts of energy metabolism, glycolysis, pentose phosphate cycle; gluconeogenesis, glyoxylate cycle (plant metabolism) beta-oxidation of fatty acids (FA); FA synthesis, keto-compounds and their metabolism; respiratory chain, aerobic/mambrane phosphorylation; till photosynthesis/metabolism of autotrophic organisms: light and darc phases of photosynthesis (light- driven electron flow and CO2 fixation - photosynthetic carbon reductive cycle; C-3 and C-4 plants metabolism; photorespiration; regulatory tools/approaches in metabolic pathways. The last query I have ususally involved in the written test is a ´blind map´ of a metabolic/membrane transport pathway.
Regarding more/further examimination terms I will schedule them once I am back for Japan and also based on a couple of weeks of my vacation during summer which I have not yet scheduled. You might know that you will have available terms even during summer months (depends on 2-3 vacation weeks of mine).
(2) @ NMR lecture of Prof. N. Mueller on Monday June 1, at 11:00AM in B-1 (right after the 1st written exam from Biochemistry II; AM+PM); NMR lectures will continue on Tuesday 2/6 (B-2/AM; B-1/PM) and Wednesday 3/6 (B-4 AM+PM.
(3) @ Curriculum of the 3rd year of your sstudy program: some of you asked me lately for a structure of the last year of your bachalor studies. You might know that you will have very crowdy fall semester in Linz filled out with Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry practicals, Instrumental Analysis (?); Biophysics, Bioinformatics (orginally was planned within Budweis turn, lately it seems to like yo uwill take it in Linz - I am going to talk about that to Prof. N. Mueller). What is clear that the fall semester looks a lot more crowdy than the 6th one in Budweis. Here, only Biological chemistry semniar overleft that might be a sort of ´repretitorium´, also providing a discussion platform for your bachaler theses before you finish them. Besides this just elective subjects are on the list like Biopharmacy (this is going to be really nice subject I can recommend it you, do not think it will be a kind of pharmaceeutical chemistry of pplant/herb compounds with therapeutic effects, definitely not, it will be a modern topis more like biotechnology of proteins/gene expression products/recombinant proteins and their therapeutic use upon their humanization (immunomodulators - peptides/proteins affecting immune system functions). Originally offered subject Principles of anticancer and antiviral drug design I/II Iwe had to withdraw due to long lasting health problems of Prof. Holy (a friend/colleague of Prof. De Clercq who will be awardod honorray doctor next week). And actually I have considered Prof. de Clercq´ s lecture you passed in last fall semester here as a sort of replacement of it.
Well, it looks like you will have considerablly less crowdy/busy last semester of the bachelor program while you will be in Budweis next year unless we find something additinal or at least part of Bioinfromatics (that dealing really with biology stuff not only programming of IT tools)- as I have said above, I will negotiate it soon.
(4) @ Honorary Doctorate ceremony in Budweis Town Hall on Thuersday June 4 at 11:00AM: also some of you asked me how you might be dressed on this very special occassion. The problem is that there is just not enough chairs (baroque style of furniture in this ceremonila hall must be protected :-) ), and thus most of guests inclusing you (I am so sorry, but please try to survive it) mu be standing. Of course sitting people - all of VIPs guests will be dressed very formally, however you please join us just reasonably dressed having put on let´s say not jeans but also not like you would be attending a ball :-) . Just reasonably, please, and why not jeans is basically due to that I would like to invite you for refreshment at a raut table in a restaurant of the Hotel U Solne Brany (right next to Harley Davidson Club, on the side street/gasse to the City Hall.
(5) @ Any other items: please, do not hesitate to ask me whenever you need more information.
With cordial regards,
yours sincerely,
Libor Grubhoffer
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