Molecular Biology And Evolution
Our mission is to instill an understanding and appreciation of the common thread that connects modern biological study at all levels, from molecules to ecosystems. Students concentrate their coursework and research within one of two tracks: Cell, Molecular, Health, and Disease (CMHD) Biology or Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal (EEO) Biology. The biological sciences are currently experiencing a revolution driven by technological developments in genomics, proteomic sequencing, isotopic analysis, logging of acoustic and movement data, 3D scanning, remote unmanned monitoring, and computational power to analyze vast data sets.
In your first year, you’ll be in timetabled teaching activities such as lectures, seminars, practical classes and workshops, guided independent study sessions and fieldwork for about 14 hours a week. Kevin Dunbar and his students spent many hours meticulously interviewing real biologists from top laboratories, recording their lab meetings, and reading grant applications and manuscripts of research papers. On this module you’ll attend lectures, practical classes and workshops, and supervised time in a studio or workshops and you’ll take part in fieldwork study and guided independent study.
The study of living things has undergone tremendous expansion in recent years, and topics such as cell biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology and ecology, all of which are covered in the course, are advancing at a great pace. The Gonzalez Lab built the Large Experiment Array of Ponds (LEAP) to do experimental evolution with aquatic ecosystems in the field. 10. Ecology: It is the study of living organisms is relation to other organism and their environment.
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Biological research indicates the first forms of life on Earth were microorganisms that existed for billions of years before the evolution of larger organisms. Human biology is the branch of biology that focuses on humans in terms of evolution, genetics, anatomy and physiology, ecology, epidemiology, and anthropology. Basic Biology offers certificates to students who prove their knowledge of the basic principles of biology.