Course Name: Structural Biology

Course abstract

Post NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) era has completely changed the way of understanding research, especially in the field of biomedical science. Today the complete genome sequencing of an organism is done in a few days providing the researchers with thousands of genes hence thousands of protein sequences. But to proceed further we need to understand the three-dimensional architecture of the protein molecules. The current course would take an initiative to educate the students in gathering knowledge about the structural units forming biological macromolecules, their architectural hierarchies, the basics of the structural biology techniques, their pros and cons, how to read and visualize 3D structure files, etc.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Saugata Hazra

Prof. Saugata Hazra is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Hazra has obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois; Chicago (2004- 2010) in Structural Biology and Structure based Drug Designing and post-doc from St. Jude Children Research Center, Memphis, USA (2010-2011) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA, in the major area of Structural Biology. He joined IIT Roorkee in 2014. Current research in his group centers on catalytic divergence of enzymes involved in antimicrobial drug resistance and structure based enzyme engineering towards waste valorization. Prof. Hazra is teaching UG/PG courses like Macromolecular Crystallography, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Biochemistry since his joining in IITR. He has published in several peer reviewed journals and recipient of awards like James graduate fellowship, DST-Young Scientist Award and Frontiers of Engineering from Royal Academy of Engineering etc. throughout his career.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021
 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

2214

Registered

204

Certificate Eligible

143

Certified Category Count

Gold

4

Silver

42

Elite

61

Successfully completed

36

Participation

13

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Structural Biology - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

PRIYANKA 94%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

PRAGYA GUPTA 92%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SRISHTI GOSWAMI 90%

PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY

KARTIK MANDAL 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

KAJA PRASANTHI LALITHA 88%

SASTRA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

SKANDA ATHREYA DUTT 88%

KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE

SATHYA 88%

Anna university

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2214

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 204

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.