BIOC 5224 Biochemistry Laboratory Introductory laboratory course stressing techniques, instrumentation, and experimental design used for biochemical and molecular biological research. BIOC 5970 Graduate Student Seminar. Physical Biochemistry of Macromolecules . Discussion and assessment of papers in the scientific literature related to biochemistry and molecular, cell-structural biology. Advanced experimental design and techniques in several current areas of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Students rotate through the laboratories of selected faulty members.
This elective course examines the connections between traditional Mendelian inheritance and modern molecular genetics, with topics selected from genome structure and function, gene regulation, DNA replication, translation, molecular neurobiology and molecular approaches to carcinogenesis. A course designed to acquaint the student with basic concepts in Glycobiology. Focus will be on the structures, biosynthesis and functions of glycoproteins, glycolipids and glycosaminoglycans in animal cell biology. BIOC 6502 Advanced Topics in Human Molecular Genetics Current topics in the molecular biology and genetics of human diseases, including molecular approaches to diagnosis and treatment. As the content changes with each offering, the course may be repeated up to a maximum total credit of 4 hours.