Spring 2027

Chemical Biology

A graduate course in chemical biology covering the chemistry of biomolecules and applying organic chemistry to cell biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Andrew Buller

Students described the workload as heavy, consisting primarily of reading papers and completing assignments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Be able to describe the chemical basis for replication, transcription, translation and how each of these central processes can be expanded to include new chemical matter.

  • Develop skills to critically read the literature and effectively communicate research in a peer setting.

  • Describe the substance and importance of chemical biology research in the format of a cover letter to a journal editor, and an original figure.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of chemical biology by designing an original research project that focuses on answering a biological question or solving a biomedical problem.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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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

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Andrew Buller

The course involved heavy biology and reading papers, with discussions often steering toward the instructor's specific expertise.

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

Past student reviews · Andrew Buller

Students described the workload as heavy, consisting primarily of reading papers and completing assignments.

Past student reviews · Andrew Buller

One student found the class boring and noted that the instructor pushed students to feel wrong before rebuilding their confidence.

Topics

  • Chemistry and biology of proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.
  • Application of organic chemistry to cell biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine.
  • Chemical basis for replication, transcription, and translation.

Skills

  • Apply organic chemistry to problems in cell biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine.
  • Critically read literature and communicate research in a peer setting.
  • Design original research projects for biological questions or biomedical problems.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 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

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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