| Course title | |||||
| 自然環境資源学特論Ⅱ [Special Lecture on Environmental Science and Natural ResourcesⅡ] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 05ec0116 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 宮澤 光博, 藤井 晋也, 高栁 正夫, 芳賀 尚樹 [MIYAZAWA Mitsuhiro, TAKAYANAGI Masao, HAGA Naoki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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This course will be taught by two guest professors, each of whom will give an intensive lecture. The following is an overview of the two instructors. 1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa Living organisms have evolved by acquiring functions that use light. Typical examples are photosynthesis in plants, which involves the absorption of visible light, and the acquisition of vision in animals. In some species, we have succeeded in creating structural colors using light interference. Some species of arthropods have even acquired polarization functions. In this lecture, the properties of various electromagnetic waves will be summarized, and the relationship between living organisms and light will be explained from the viewpoint of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic waves. 2) Dr. Shinnya Fujii This class provides students with the basis of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. Medicinal chemistry is an interdisciplinary scientific field related to multiple research areas such as organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology and informatics. In this class, we learn about the road of drug discovery by focusing on the structure and function of biologically active compounds, as well as about current status and issues of low-molecular-weight pharmaceutics. We also learn about the basis of chemical biology used for drug discovery. |
| Expected Learning |
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1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa To be able to reconsider the functions and traits of living organisms from the viewpoint of the effects of materials and light, and to think about new technologies and applications of resource materials. 2) Dr. Shinnya Fujii The standard of this lecture is to understand the basis of medicinal chemistry, strategy and tactics of drug discovery. |
| Course schedule |
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1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa The following topics will be explained in an intensive 2 or 3 days lecture. (1) General properties of electromagnetic waves - characteristics and uses of gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet rays, visible rays, near-chromatic rays, infrared rays, etc. (2) Absorption of light, animal vision and effects of pigments (3) Light wave interference and the mechanism of structural play produced by living organisms (4) Polarization of light and the mechanism of polarization in arthropods. (5) The mechanism of fluorescence and bioluminescence in fish and amphibians. 2) Dr. Shinnya Fujii Day 1: Overview of medicinal chemistry Day 2 (and 3): Strategy and tactics of drug discovery, current status and issues of low-molecular-weight pharmaceutics. |
| Prerequisites |
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This class is opened for graduate students. In addition to the 30 hours of class time, students are required to refer to the lecture materials and reference books distributed to them, and to do prior and post-work study equivalent to the standard number of hours at the university. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| None |
| References |
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1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa During the lecture, some relevant recent original papers will be introduced. 2) Dr. Shinnya Fujii The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, 4th Edition, C. G. Wermuth ed., Academic Press Medicinal Chemistry, N. K. Dunlap and D. N. Huryn, Garland Science |
| Assessment/Grading |
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1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa (50%) The report prepared during the lecture time (referring to your own notebook) will be evaluated. 2) Dr. Shinnya Fujii (50%) Attitude in class (25%), Report (25%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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1) Dr. Mitsuhiro Miyazawa Let's think about the fact that various properties of light are always involved in our casual, everyday lives. |
| Course keywords |
| Electromagnetic waves, properties of light, biological functions, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, chemical biology, biologically active compounds, drug discovery |
| Office hours |
| After lecture |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
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| Last update |
| 2/1/2022 8:04:39 PM |