Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology

Overview

7.002 is a laboratory course that teaches fundamental skills for performing biological research. Through experiments with an E. coli bacterial ATPase called ClpX, you will learn essential molecular biology techniques commonly used in modern research labs. These techniques include site-directed mutagenesis, DNA isolation, molecular cloning, bacteria transformations, recombinant protein expression and purification, gel electrophoresis, and western blotting. Learning these techniques will give you a taste of life in a molecular biochemistry lab and prepare you for future research work. Our focus is on helping you integrate factual knowledge with an understanding of experimental design and data analysis.

Skills you'll practise

Biology Science & Math

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

The real MIT course: lecture notes, problem sets and exams, often with solutions.
Free, with no sign-up or deadlines.
Taught by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the strongest names in its field.
Completely free.
Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

No certificate, no grading and no forum: you need to be self-driven.
Many courses are recordings of past semesters and some have notes only, no videos.
No certificate.

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Free to learn

Free: All the materials are free to use, with no sign-up. MIT OpenCourseWare gives no certificate.

Taught by

Dr. Eric Chu
Dr. Vanessa Cheung

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