This site is designed as the textbook for BC401 (Fundamentals of Biochemistry) at Colorado State University. Our mission is to provide free access to interactive biochemical tutorials to any user with an Internet connection.

This site was designed by Ben Robinson, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Hansen, using content written by Dr. David Fahrney. The project has been funded by the National Science Foundation (award number MCB-1814012) and Colorado State University Libraries. It is hosted by the College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.

The 3D molecular models on this site are created using JSmol, a versatile open source program built on Javascript. This site was built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP and Javascript in order to serve the content to modern computers, including mobile devices. Please ensure that you are using a supported browser in order to access all of the features of this site.

Supported Browsers

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

Unsupported Browsers

• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge

• Tutorial Orientation
  1. The Basics
  2. The Toolbar
  3. Scripting in JSmol
• Table of JSmol Keyboard Commands
• Jmol/JSmol Interactive Scripting Documentation