Robert J. Cohen

Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Florida

 

 


RESEARCH INTERESTS

physicochemical analysis of thermostable enzymes

theoretical/mathematical biology

signal transduction in micro-organisms: Phycomyces

  Current Research  Earlier Research Publications  Phycomyces Bibliography

 


TEACHING-CURRENT COURSES

BCH 4024 General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

General Metabolism and Glycolysis-Powerpoint Slides  or pdf or outline mdi

Gluconeogenesis and Glycogen Metabolism Powerpoint Slides or pdf or outline mdi

TCA- Powerpoint Slides or pdf

ETS and OxPhos- Powerpoint Slides pdf

Lipid Metabolism- Powerpoint Slides or pdf

Phospholipid and Cholesterol Biosynthesis- Powerpoint Slides or pdf

 

Dental Biochemistry

Introduction, Proteins, Amino Acids, Buffers, Peptides or handout form or pdf

buffer examples for dental students

Cooperativity and Enzymes or handout form or pdf

Regulation and Bioenergetics or handout form or pdf

 

dental practice exam in Word or in HTML

 


My Education

Collaborators

 Scientific Pedigree

Courses and Teaching Experience


 

Areas of Interest:

Signal transduction processes, vertebrate visual biochemistry, cyclic nucleotides,G-proteins, sensory and hormonal transduction in model micro-organisms,Phycomyces, adenylate cyclase, guanylate cyclase, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, photobiology, ornithine decarboxylase, chitinase, fungal cell wall structure, composition and regulation, proteinase from extreme thermophilic archaebacteria, Pyrococcus furiosus, enzyme kinetics, nucleocytoplasmic exchange, theoretical biology, ischemia, physical biochemistry of nucleic acids, bioelectrokinetics, fast kinetics.


MODELS and PICTURES

DNA in stereo

Transducin Interaction
Some Views of Simple Carbohydrates
FoF1 ATPase image
Phycomyces Growing on a Petri Plate


LINKS


email: rjcohen@ufl.edu