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• Historical survey of infrared and Raman spectroscopy of biological materials; biological applications of vibrational optical activity; vibrational circular dichroism of peptides and proteins - survey of techniques, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and applications; biomedical applications of infrared microspectroscopy; biophysical infrared modulation spectroscopy; biological applications of time-resolved step-scan infrared spectroscopy; FT-infrared and FT-Raman spectroscopy; vibrational studies of enzymatic catalysis; infrared and Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics of biological materials.