For the first half of the class we will be reviewing the basics of molecular biology and then, for the second half, we will go into some interesting examples of applications in medicine based on what we learned in the first half.

The first half of the class will teach the fundamentals of molecular biology in a simplified manner. What do DNA, RNA, and proteins do in the cell and why is this awesome/important? We will then build on the fundamentals to talk about a few interesting examples of how scientists (from many fields and diciplines) are taking our knowledge of molecular biology to understand disease and find medical treatments.