Co-sponsored by DIMACS and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
This is part of a two-part tutorial. For information about the complementary tutorial on Introduction to Epidemiological Studies, click here.
THEME: The lectures will introduce the basics of molecular biology and genetics to those who have only been exposed to classical biology (or who have had no training in biology at all). Topics covered will include: polymers, DNA, RNA, proteins, transcription, translation, DNA replication, genetics, genetic engineering, the molecular biology of pathogenesis.