“Exploring the chemical processes and reactions that occur within living organisms, including the structure and function of biomolecules, metabolic pathways, and enzyme kinetics, to understand the biochemical basis of life and disease.”
Learning Objectives
Understand the catalytic role of enzymes, importance of enzyme inhibitors in design of new drugs, therapeutic and diagnostic applications of enzymes.
Understand the metabolism of nutrient molecules in physiological and pathological conditions
Understand the genetic organization of mammalian genome and functions of DNA in the synthesis of RNAs and proteins