Syllabus – CPBP 330 – Special Topics in Protein Biochemistry Dr. Dr. Ines Liebscher Leipzig University, Medical Faculty, Institute of Biochemistry Date 02 – 06 October 2017 Venue Departments of Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Informatics, Center for Structural Biology, and Institute of Chemical Biology, 465 21st Ave South, BIOSCI/MRBIII, Room 5131, Nashville, TN 37232-8725 This course will focus on both the theoretical background and practical considerations in modern molecular cloning techniques and the functional read-out of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Upon completion of this course students will be able to successfully apply and optimize cloning techniques in their projects and specifically to plan and evaluate experimental setups to analysis GPCR signal