What is the end goal of molecular biology?

What is the end goal of molecular biology?

Make models that explain biology in terms of underlying molecules

A bacteria makes an enzyme that breaks down an antibiotic and confers antibiotic resistance

Come up with as many models as you can describing this. Imagine a model that would be created by a cell biologist, biochemist, systems biologist, microbiologist, etc.

Course goal

Prepare students to do research in molecular biology by helping them think molecularly and by introducing tools to study binding interactions.

Emphases:

• Intuitition over rigor
• Ideas over memorization
• Making good guesses -- and thinking about how to test them