Fall 2026

Advanced Topics

BIOCHEM 729 covers specialized subjects of current interest in biochemistry.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Aaron Hoskins3.8/5Alessandro Senes3.7/5Robert Kirchdoerfer3.7/5 +7 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Professors

Fall 2026

Aaron Hoskins

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON HOSKINS is recorded teaching in Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ALESSANDRO SENES is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CI JI LIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT KIRCHDOERFER is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SRIVATSAN RAMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction27 / 500
LEC 008Classroom Instruction27 / 270
LEC 007Classroom Instruction14 / 240
LEC 015Classroom Instruction5 / 140
LEC 019Classroom Instruction3 / 120
LEC 018Classroom Instruction8 / 300
LEC 016Classroom Instruction0 / 120
LEC 020Classroom Instruction4 / 150
LEC 021Classroom Instruction0 / 140
LEC 022Classroom Instruction1 / 100
LEC 023Classroom Instruction18 / 800
LEC 024Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

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Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Advanced Topics

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

IPiB Seminar

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Foundations of Biotechnology

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Resp Conduct of Research

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Mapping the dynamic proteome

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Seq-func relate in biomacromol

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Microbiome and Metabolism

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Protein discovery engineering

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Eukaryotic Genome Integrity

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Biochem and Regul Metabolism

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Molec dissct viral replication

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Physical Cell Biology

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM 729 · Fall 2026

Membrane Trffckng & Biogenesis

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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