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GSND N500A - Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences A: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Fall 2021

Instructors:    Michael A. Lea, Ph.D., Telephone: 973-972-5345,       
e-mail:            lea@njms.rutgers.edu,      Office: Room E340V, ICPH

Melissa Rogers, Ph.D., Telephone: 973-972-2984
e-mail: rogersmb@njms.rutgers.edu  Office: Cancer Center, F1216
                       
COURSE OUTLINE: This course covers basic biochemistry and molecular biology. The nature of the major macromolecules will be discussed and their role in the regulation of carbohydrate, lipid and amino acid metabolism will be illustrated. The synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids will be reviewed and the experimental techniques used in molecular biology will be considered. A review of the regulation of gene expression and intermediary metabolism will serve as an introduction to a more extensive consideration of the material to be discussed in the cell biology course in the following semester. Throughout the course an effort will be made to indicate the relevance of biochemistry to clinical medicine.