Area of Study 1

Protein structure and function

How do we build a functioning protein from amino acids?

Nucleic acids: an introduction for high school students

Introduction to the structure and function of the molecules of life: DNA, mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

Introduction to eukaryotic cell components

How is it that such a small unit is able to build, organise and export such complex proteins?

How to make a protein from DNA

Transcription, translation, and everything in between

Regulating gene expression

What is the structure of a gene? How does this relate to gene activity?

Manipulating DNA

Restriction enzymes, ligases, PCR, gel electrophoresis ... and all that good stuff

How to recognise an intruder

An introduction to the immune system