BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Questionnaire on: Sanger & Tuppy (1953)
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Fall 2014  


I. Basic Information

A. Your name 
II. Old business (no need to repeat anything you've said in a previous questionnaire)

A. Research Proposal
      What progress have you made in finding a topic/mentor? (The page on How to Find a Mentor) may be helpful to you)
      Can you share ideas that have occured to you regarding a topic? A mentor?
     

B. Protein notes
      Any parting concerns about the notes on protein structure or issues arising from them?
     

C. Problem Set 3 (Protein Structure)
      Any parting concerns about Problem Set 3?
     

D. Calculation of time to consider all possible protein foldings
      The calculation we did in class on Thursday is sometimes called a Fermi problem. Was it useful for you?
      (While in the area, here's a couple of worked out examples of a Fermi problem, a collection of on-line Fermi problems + answers, a collection of less artificial Fermi problems, and a description of Pinocchio, a Fermi problem game).
     

III. Sanger & Tuppy (1951)
A. Have you found and downloaded the article Sanger & Tuppy (1951) cited in the companion?
   

B. How far have you gotten in a productive reading of the article?
    You can answer by referring to the last section you read or the last study question you addressed (e.g. SQ12) in the companion.
   

Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (as defined by the companion to Sanger and Tuppy):

C. The distinction between a research article and a review article? Between a research article and a science news article?

D. The overall strategy Sanger & Tuppy used to determine the sequence of insulin

E. What paper chromatography is and how it works

F. Did the presentation on paper chromatography help you?

G. The nature of the figures and tables in the article

H. The differences amongst the various fractions used by Sanger & Tuppy

I. How to interpret Table 3

With this in mind, how could class time best be spent to meet your needs?

Choose up to three study questions that you would most like discussed in class:

SQ1  SQ2  SQ3  SQ4  SQ5  SQ6  SQ7  SQ8  SQ9  SQ10
SQ11  SQ12  SQ13  SQ14  SQ15  SQ16  SQ17  SQ18
IV. Problem Set 4 (Protein Structure)

A. Have you taken a look at any of the problems in this problem set)?
    (Problem 1 is of particular interest as you go through Sanger & Tuppy)

B. Do you any issues or concerns come to mind?
     

V. Miscellaneous

A. Are group problem sessions in class useful to you? Can you think of any way in which they could be more useful?

B. Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?

Thanks!

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