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Pure & Applied SciencesDescription of the Programme
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is the study of the chemical basis of life. The programme offers an interdisciplinary curriculum drawing from microbiology, biology, chemistry, physics, molecular and cellular biology, medical physiology, genetics, biochemistry, pharmacology and instrumental analysis. This programme provides a background in physical and life sciences and is ideal to pursue if you are planning for a career in a high-growth area such as health care research, biotechnology or advanced training in graduate biomedical professional programs. You will study the structure and function of components of living cells so as to understand the biological processes that enable all living things to survive and thrive. You will also develop an understanding of how such events go wrong in certain disease states and how they can be exploited in the development of new drugs and better agricultural processes. Graduates will develop expertise in three main areas:
- Molecular genetics – DNA replication and repair, the structure and organisation of genes, the control of gene expression and mutagenesis
- Proteins, their structure and function in cells
- Metabolism and nutrition – how cells extract energy from food and store it, how animals and plants obtain their nutrition and manufacture new molecules
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