Course unit content
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A) Methods for separation of macromulecules<br />
Electrophoresis: theory and applications<br />
Chromatography: theory and applications<br />
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B) Fluorescence spectroscopy<br />
Introduction to fluorescence; competitive processes of relaxation; stationary and time resolved fluorescence; spectrofluorimeters; fluorescence intensity and fluorophore concentration: inner filter effect; measure of “quantum yield”; solvent effect; quenching of fluorescence; binding by means of fluorescence; fluorescence polarization and anisotropy: theory and applications; time resolved fluorescence: Time Correlated Single Photon Counting and phase-shift methods.
Bibliography
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Lakowicz J.R. 'Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy' Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publisher (1999) <br />
Cantor C.R. and Schimmel P.R. 'Biophysical Chemistry' W.H.Freeman and Co. N.Y. (1980)