125:583         Biointerfacial Characterization

Syllabus (Updated November 3, 2006)

Mondays, Thursdays, 8:40 AM-10:00 AM, Allison Classroom Building 203

Website:  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~moghe/583.html

 

Grades for the course will be derived from Course and Lab Demo Participation & Paper Discussions/HW (30%); Test scores (20%); and Case Study Presentations (50%)

 

Date

Topic

Faculty

Sep 7, Th

Introduction; Surface Energetics

Moghe

Sep 11, M

Cell Adhesive Biointerfaces

Moghe, Shreiber

Sep 14, Th

Cell Adhesive Biointerfaces II

Moghe, Shreiber

Sep 18, M

Cell-interactive biointerfaces for cell motility

Moghe

Sep 21, Th

Elemental characterization of biointerfaces: Xray photoelectron spectroscopy

Madey, Moghe

Sep 25, M

XPS Lab demo

Madey

Sep 28, Th

Overview of spectroscopy

Chabal

Oct 2, M

Fluorescence spectroscopy

Castner

Oct 5, Th

Fluorescence spectroscopy

Castner

Oct 9, M

Fluorescence spectroscopy demos

Castner Lab

Oct 12, Th

FTIR spectroscopy

Chabal

Oct 16, M

FTIR spectroscopy

Chabal

Oct 19, Th

 FTIR spectrosocopy lab demo

Chabal

Oct 23, M

Test 1

 

Oct 26, Th

Confocal/2-P Microscopy for Cells/Biomaterials;

Assignment of Case Studies

Moghe

Oct 30, M

Protein-protein interactions

Brewer

Nov 2, Th

Molecular Modeling I

Welsh

Nov 6, M

Molecular Modeling II

Welsh

Nov 9, Th

Biomaterials Symposium: No lecture

 

Nov 13, M

Proteins/Biomolecules on substrates

Moghe

Nov 16, Th

Nanoparticle Characterization I

Anthony

Nov 20, M

Lab Demo -- Particle Sizing (DLS)

Anthony

Nov 23, Th

Thanksgiving Break

Nov 27, M

Protein Arrays; Protein Chips

Lab Demo -- MALDI-TOF Spectrometry

  Kim

Nov 30, Th

Confocal Microscopy and AFM Demo

Moghe

Dec 4, M

Biological characterization of nanoparticles

Moghe

Dec 7, Th

Preparation Time/Consultancy for Term Papers

Moghe

Dec 11, M

Term Paper Presentations II

Moghe