Molecular Biochemistry Major

Molecular Biochemistry is a major program that prepares people to research and study the chemical processes involved in the composition and construction of living cells of animals, people, plants, and other living organisms at the molecular level.  A major program in molecular biochemistry will focus greatly on biochemical research relative to the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the role of molecular constituents and mechanisms in supramolecular assemblies and cells.

Courses in this major likely include instruction in such topics as molecular signaling and transduction, regulation of cell growth, enzyme substrates and mechanisms of enzyme action, DNA-protein interaction, and applications to fields such as biotechnology, genetics, cell biology, and physiology. As well, instruction in the chemical mechanisms of regulation and catalysis, protein synthesis and other syntheses, and biomolecular chemical reactions.