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SPEAKER: Do you feel like studying
biology is just memorizing hundreds
of protein names and functions?
Wake up, and take a different
approach with MIT Biology 7.28.x.
You'll experience an
approach to learning
infused in experimental
research with animations
that make complex details come to life.
STEVE BELL: Hi, I'm Steve Bell.
And, together with Tania Baker,
we've been guiding students
through the events of RNA processing
and translation for more than 15 years.
We want our students to understand
the steps of these processes
as well as the experiments that were
used to determine these mechanisms.
In our third molecular
biology course-- this time
focusing on RNA processing
and translation--
you'll experience an
approach to learning
infused in experimental research.
We've created animations to help
you visualize and understand
these complex processes.
By the end, you'll be closer to grasping
the real problems facing researchers
in this field and how these
mechanisms relate to disease
when not functioning properly.
Through this journey,
we will explore what
we know about the molecular machines
of RNA processing and translation
and how we know this information
from classic and modern experiments.
You will learn how scientists discovered
the information presented in textbooks.
You'll interpret data
inspired by current research.
And you'll improve your
ability to design experiments
and decipher the results
presented in scientific papers.
Although we understand many
aspects of these events,
there is still much left to learn.
And our hope is that, as
new observations are made,
our students will be able to
understand how they were achieved.
Indeed, we hope that our class
will stimulate some of you
to pursue careers in which you make
these new observations yourself.
Whatever your background,
you'll come away
with both a new appreciation
of what is known
about the mechanisms of RNA
processing and translation
and a realization of
how many questions still
remain for someone like you to solve.
Do you want to explore
how researchers deduced
the details of molecular events?
If you're up to the
challenge, join us in 7.28.3x,
RNA Processing and Translation.
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