COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 5148 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHITTIN AYGÜN

Offered to

PHYSICS
PHYSICS

Course Objective

Direct methods, Crystal structure solution with Patterson method, crystal structure refinement and analysis, introduction to macromolecular crystallography.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability of understanding crystal structure solution and refinement concepts
2   Having knowledge of structure factor statistics about crystal structure
3   Ability of expressing Patterson function and its usage in crystallography
4   Determining the phase problem at crstallography and ability of understanding the relationship between direct methods and the phase problem
5   Having knowledge of molecular conformations and determining the possible
6   Having knowledge of protein like macrocrystal structures
7   Ability of using the structure solution and refinement programs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

PHY 5025 - Crystallography - I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Crystal structure solution and refinement Introduction
2 Crystal structure solution and refinement Statistical analysis of structure factor amplitutes
3 Crystal structure solution and refinement Discription ann usage of Patterson function
4 Crystal structure solution and refinement Direct methods
5 Crystal structure solution and refinement Phase determination
6 Crystal structure solution and refinement Fourier syntheses
7 Ionic crystals
8 Introduction to stereochemistry
9 Ring conformation
10 Introduction to protein crystallography Biological macromolecules
11 Introduction to protein crystallography Protein crystals
12 Crystal structure solution programs
13 Crystal structure refinement programs
14 Practice

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook :
Theories and Techniques of Crystal Structure Determination, Uri Shmueli, ISBN 0199213504, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Reference books:
Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, J. P. Glusker& K. N. Trueblood, ISBN 0199576343, Oxford University Press, 2010.
X-Işınları Kristalografisi, Mehmet Kabak, ISBN 975869507X, Bıçaklar Kitabevi, 2004.
Referanslar: Fundamentals of Crystallography , Carmelo Giacovazzo, ISBN 0199573662, Oxford University Press, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Problem solving
3. Presentation
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Student will express crystal structure solution and refinement concepts.
2. Student will get knowledge about the structure factor statistics about crystal structure.
3. Student will express Patterson function and its usage in crystallography.
4. Student will determine the phase problem at crstallography and express the relationship between direct methods and the phase problem
5. Student will determine the possible molecular conformations.
6. Student will express protein like macrocrystal structures.
7. Student will get the ability of using the structure solution and refinement programs.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Mandatory of attending 70%of the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muhittin.aygun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 2 16 32
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.45552
LO.555553
LO.6554554
LO.7554554

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