Molecular biology

• General information
• The discipline
• Units offered
  • Level two
• Sequence requirements

General information

Contacts: Dr Alan Neale (School of Biological Sciences), Professor Ben Adler (Department of Microbiology) and Mr Ron Maxwell (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

The discipline

Molecular biology emphasises the role of genetic information in controlling the wide variety of functions in all forms of life. It provides the basis for recombinant DNA techniques which underpin biotechnology and genome project.

The molecular biology units are offered jointly by the School of Biological Sciences and the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology.

Units offered

Level two

• MOL2011 Molecular biology: genes and their expression
• MOL2022 Molecular biology: gene technology and its application

Sequence requirements

Minor sequence in molecular biology (24 points):

• BIO1011 and BIO1022, and
• MOL2011 and MOL2022.

Major sequence in molecular biology (48 points):

• a minor sequence in molecular biology, and
• one of BCH2011 and MIC2011, and
• at least two of BCH3011, BCH3031, MIC3011 and MIC3022, and
• any remaining points from BCH3022, BCH3042, MIC3032 and MIC3041.

Details of the BCH, BIO and MIC units and sequences are provided in the `Biochemistry', `Biological sciences' and `Microbiology' entries in this section of the handbook.

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