This unit is to provide students with an understanding of the concepts and methods used in molecular biology and to prepare students to apply this knowledge to solve problems, as well as to analyse and evaluate experimental results. The unit extends many of the topics introduced in SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell and BIOC2001 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Cell. These topics include DNA, RNA and protein synthesis; gene and genome structure and function, the regulation of gene expression, cellular quality control mechanisms in RNA and protein synthesis; bioinformatics; recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering, and a module on prepare and perform a gene expression analysis using qRT-PCR.