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Graduate Courses BIOE 2520

BIOE 2520 - Molecular Cell Biology and Biophysics I

Instructor: Partha Roy

Credits: 3

Term: Spring

Description: This is the first part of a 2-semester required (core) graduate course. Topics covered in this part of the course are bio-macromolecules, protein purification and microscopic techniques, genetics (chromatin organization, DNA replication, recombination, transcription, translation and control of gene expression), molecular perturbation, membrane biophysics and bioenergetics.

Prerequisites: Undergraduate level physics and chemistry. A course in organic chemistry is recommended.

Who should take it: All new BioE graduate students who are entering the program in Fall 2003 must take this class as a part of their requirement in the life science area and will be given priority for signing up for this class. Also, the existing students who wish to pursue the newly formed “Cellular and Organ Engineering” and “Biophysics and Physiology” tracks can take this course if it is recommended by the student’s advisor.

Class size: Limit to 35 students

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