Assignment 4

• You are to write a mini grant application on “How Protein Structure Can Be Used to Study Evolution”

• It will consist of:– an introduction as to why structure is useful to

study evolution and work that has been done in the field already

– Specific aims on what you will do when awarded the grant

Rubric

• An understanding of what protein structure brings to the study of evolution (5)

• Description of the most relevant literature and evidence that you have read and understood it (7)

• Novelty of your ideas as embodied in the specific aims (8)

• (Total 20)