An illustration showing an example of the structure and organization of DNA in the nucleus of a human cell. (Image couresty of the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Phillip Sharp
Prof. Richard Young
MIT Course Number
7.60
As Taught In
Spring 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
The goal of this course is to teach both the fundamentals of nuclear cell biology as well as the methodological and experimental approaches upon which they are based. Lectures and class discussions will cover the background and fundamental findings in a particular area of nuclear cell biology. The assigned readings will provide concrete examples of the experimental approaches and logic used to establish these findings. Some examples of topics include genome and systems biology, transcription, and gene expression.
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