Bioinorganic Chemistry

By Prof S. P. Rath | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 3409

The field of Bioinorganic Chemistry has grown significantly in recent years and lies at a natural juncture between chemistry, biology, and medicine. This rapidly expanding field probes fascinating questions about the uses of metal ions in nature. This short course will give a brief overview on some selected topics from this highly interdisciplinary subject and will provide some lights on various applications of inorganic molecules on the life-related processes.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Senior UG and PG students of Chemistry

PREREQUISITES : Should have good knowledge on coordination chemistry

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Chemistry
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	26 Aug 2019
End Date :	20 Sep 2019
Exam Date :	16 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Bioinorganic chemistry: general introduction and prospects, Metals in biology: Natures selection

Week 2 : Design principles used in chemical biology: some noteworthy examples

Week 3 : Life with oxygen

Week 4 : Metals in medicine

Books and references

1. Bioinorganic Chemistry by Bertini, Gray, Lippard and Valentine •

2. Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry by Lippard and Berg •

3. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry of Life by Kaim and Schwederski •

4. Biological Inorganic Chemistry by R. R. Crichton

Instructor bio

Professor S. P. Rath received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of California, Davis. He then joined the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) in 2004. He is the recipient of several awards and honours including P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship for young faculty (2009-12), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researcher (2012), Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze medal (2015) and C. N. R. Rao National Prize in Chemical Sciences (2018). He is presently J. N. Gupta & M. Gupta Chair Professor of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur and also elected fellows of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (2017) and National Academy of Sciences, India (2017). He has taught a variety of UG and PG courses at IIT Kanpur and also has received commendations multiple times from the Director, IIT Kanpur for excellence in teaching as "Outstanding Instructor". His research is in the fields of Physical–Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry with special emphasis on the structure-function correlation utilizing a wide variety of synthetic and spectroscopic methods combined with DFT calculations. He has guided 15 PhD students and has over 110 publications in peer reviewed high-impact journals

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 16th November 2019 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

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