Teaching

Prof. Berry teaches in the Chemistry Department and Biochemistry Program at Mount Holyoke College.

Courses Taught:

• Lecture

  • Biochemistry 311: Protein Biochemistry and Cellular Metabolism (F16, F17, F18, F20, F21). Syllabus.

  • Biochemistry 314: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology (S17, S18, S19, S21, S22). Syllabus.

  • Chemistry 312: Chemistry of Macromolecules (F20, S21). Syllabus.

  • Chemistry 150: General Chemistry: Foundations of Structure and Reactivity (F21)

• Seminar

  • Biochemistry 330: Topics in Biochemistry. RNA World: The Origin of Life to Modern Day Cells (S18, S19, S22). Syllabus. Announcement.

    • Our RNA World student blog

• Labs

  • Biochemistry 311 laboratory (F16). Updated curriculum in collaboration with K. McMenimen, V. Lukose, T. Miles and L. Lentz-Marino. Semester-long project to purify and test enzymatic activity of DnaK, a protein chaperone

  • Biochemistry 314 laboratory (S17). Updated curriculum in collaboration with L. Lentz-Marino. Developed a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE): Students conduct original research project to map interactions of regulatory RNA and their RNA chaperone proteins.

  • Chemistry 202 (Organic Chemistry I) laboratory (F17).