BCMB 704: ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

The goal of this course is to provide graduate-level instruction on molecular biology with detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. The topics will cover current advances in methodological approaches for analyzing the function of cellular macromolecules and macromolecular complexes in DNA replication, recombination, transposition and repair, gene expression and its regulation, mRNA splicing, genome organization, non-coding RNAs, signal transduction, protein synthesis, folding and degradation, growth control, and other life processes. A focus on critical thinking and problem solving will be used to show how fundamental, highly significant biological problems are solved.  We will also explore the logic of experimental design and data analysis.