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Assignment
  1. Students form groups of 5 students.
  2. Each group is assigned one disease related to protein misfolding (Alzheimer's, Mad Cow, Cystic Fibrosis, some forms of Cancer.
  3. Each group is also assigned a group of amino acids (divide the 20 amino acids among groups - if you have 5 groups each group will get 4 amino acids), a protein and a protein which the Folding@home folded through distributed computing.

Students:

  • Write a research paper on the areas assigned to them.
  • Complete the work sheet.
  • Do an oral presentation to the class
  • Complete lab reports on the activities.

Author: Tug Sezen

 

 


 

 

 
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