BASIL Week 2024

Join us for a great week of workshops, professional development, and networking events to learn more about CURES and the BASIL curriculum.

June 24-28, 2024

Monday, June 24 (all times ET)
12:00-2:00 pm: Introduction to PDB, Chimera, and SPRITE
2:30-4:30 pm: Getting ready for the semester: syllabus/schedule, etc.

Tuesday, June 25
12:00-2:00 pm: Interpreting results from SPRITE, BLAST, and Interpro
2:30-4:30 pm: Student assessment strategies

Wednesday, June 26
12:00-2:00 pm: Using Dali, CLEAN, and FoldSeek to predict function
2:30-4:30 pm: Introduction to the lac operon system and protein expression

Thursday, June 27
12:00-2:00 pm: Using SwissDock for ligand binding
2:30-4:30 pm: Protein purification strategies and metal-affinity chromatography

Friday, June 28
12:00-2:00 pm: How to select a structure to study using PDB and AlphaFold
2:30-4:30 pm: Enzyme activity, kinetics, and data analysis