Fall 2026

Chemical Biology

CHEMICAL BIOLOGY covers the chemistry and biology of macromolecules and applies organic chemistry to cell biology and biomedicine.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jeffrey Martell4.2/5

Summary

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Historical reviews of Andrew Buller: The course requires reading papers and completing assignments, characterized as heavy biology with a high difficulty rating.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Biochemistry or Chemistry graduate program

  • Declared in Biochemistry or Chemistry graduate program
BIOCHEM/CHEM 704

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  • Declared in Biochemistry or Chemistry graduate program

Professors

Fall 2026

Jeffrey Martell

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.94/5 from 16 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Andrew Buller describe a teaching style that challenges students by pushing them to defend their views before rebuilding their understanding. The reviewer found the course heavy on biology and paper reading, noting that Buller steered discussions toward his own expertise, which resulted in a boring experience.

ANDREW BULLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY MARTELL is recorded teaching in 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 Instruction12 / 480
LEC 001Classroom Instruction11 / 480

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews describe the course as heavy biology involving paper reading and assignments, with one reviewer finding the instruction boring and difficult.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.78 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.84 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Andrew Buller: The course requires reading papers and completing assignments, characterized as heavy biology with a high difficulty rating.

One historical reviewer found the instruction boring and noted the professor moved discussions toward his own expertise, though they did not consider him unusually bad.

Topics

  • Proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates
  • Organic chemistry applications in cell biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
BIOCHEM/CHEM 704 · Fall 2026

Chemical Biology

Recorded 2026-09-07
BIOCHEM/CHEM 704 · Fall 2026

Chemical Biology

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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Model & dataset provenance 
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