The course will focus on the historical development of bioinorganic chemistry, a brief survey of chemical evolution, and the biogeochemical cycling of the elements. Topics such as   biomineralization, metals and metal complexes applied to therapy (antitumor metal complexes,

gold complexes in the treatment of rheunmatoid arthritis, and lithium therapy)  will be reviewed as well as physico-chemical methods used to study the equilibria, structures and kinetics of bioinorganic systems.