60 credits in biology including Molecular Biology and Genetics (10 credits), or Biology A: Patterns and Processes (22.5 credits) or Biology A: Patterns, Processes and Science Education (22.5 credits). In both cases students must have taken the courses Cell Biology (15 credits, of which 5 credits completed), and Physiology (15 credits). They must also have taken the courses The Basic Principles of Chemistry (15 credits), Organic Chemistry I (10 credits) and Biochemistry I (5 credits), and must have completed 20 of the credits for these courses. The course requires practical laboratory experience in molecular biology.
The course focuses on the regulation of gene expression in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes, and basic molecular biology and genetics as well as the latest large-scale methods used to study gene function and gene expression. Practical training in PCR, homologous recombination, epigenetics in fission yeast and inactivation of gene expression using RNA interference in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Ethical issues in molecular biology and genetics. Study visit to e.g., SciLifeLab.
