Applied Molecular Biology Techniques

Catalog description

Molecular biology has revolutionized biological research during the past few decades. This course combines seminars, class discussions and presentations, and lab experiments that will allow students to explore applications of molecular biology in modern biological research, as well as learn scientific writing and data reporting. A focus of the course will be p53, a tumor suppressor protein that is mutated in over half of all human cancers, making it the most mutated protein in cancer and a key target in the development of cancer therapeutics. Through guided research exercises, students will learn basic and advanced molecular biology techniques that will be used to understand the role of p53 mutations in cancer development and progression and investigate p53-targeted cancer therapeutic strategies.