BIOENGR C205

Engineering of Bioconjugates

Bioengineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Highly recommended: one organic chemistry course. Bioconjugate chemistry is science of coupling biomolecules for wide range of applications. Oligonucleotides may be coupled to one surface in gene chip, or one protein may be coupled to one polymer to enhance its stability in serum. Wide variety of bioconjugates are used in delivery of pharmaceuticals, in sensors, in medical diagnostics, and in tissue engineering. Basic concepts of chemical ligation, including choice and design of conjugate linkers depending on type of biomolecule and desired application, such as degradable versus nondegradable linkers. Presentation and discussion of design and synthesis of synthetic bioconjugates for some sample applications. Concurrently scheduled with course C105.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: Chemistry 20A, 20B, 20L.

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BIOENGR C205

CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

BIOENGR C205

BIOENGR C207Polymer Chemistry for Bioengineers
BIOENGR 281Advanced Bioconjugate Design and Methods

2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.