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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2421yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Meet the Decoders!
  • How to Speak DNA
  • Cracking the Genetic Code
  • The Building Blocks of DNA
  • Packing it all in!
  • Summing Up
  • The Double Helix
Readings
  • Timeline of DNA Discoveries
  • Behind the Picture: Photo 51 (interview)
  • (Not Really) The Last Word about DNA (video)
  • Biochemistry: The Operating System of Life (video)
Practice Exercises
  • How to Speak DNA
  • Cracking the Genetic Code
  • The Building Blocks of DNA
  • Packing it all in!
  • DNA Word Search
  • Cracking the Genetic Code

Videos
  • The Scene of the Crime
  • Stop copying me! DNA Replication
  • Central Dogma, Part I: Transcription
  • Central Dogma, Part II: Translation
  • Practical DNA: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  • Practical DNA: Gel Electrophoresis
  • Summing Up
  • DNA Replication
Readings
  • The Case of the Silenced Scientist
  • Labster: Crime Scene Investigation
  • TED Talk: Drew Barry - Animations of Unseeable Biology (video)
  • Protein Data Bank
Practice Exercises
  • The Scene of the Crime
  • Stop copying me! DNA Replication
  • Central Dogma, Pt 1: Transcription
  • Central Dogma, Pt 2: Translation
  • Decipher the Secret Message
  • Breaking the Code (aka Game of Codons)
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  • Gel Electrophoresis
  • Getting the Message Across

Videos
  • Freaky Fruit: Manipulating DNA
  • Slice and Dice: Restriction Enzymes
  • Lights, Camera, Transformations
  • Mutations, Mutations, Mutations!
  • From Bananas to Papayas: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
  • Summing Up
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
Readings
  • Labster: Molecular Cloning Simulation
  • Creating Dolly (video)
  • Genetic Engineering and Working with DNA (video)
  • How did they make insulin from recombinant DNA? (article)
  • Massive Review Reveals Consensus on GMO Safety (article)
Practice Exercises
  • Freaky Fruit: Manipulating DNA
  • Slice and Dice: Restriction Enzymes
  • Lights, Camera, Transformations
  • Mutations, mutations, mutations
  • From Papayas to Bananas: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
  • Help Felicia design a blue tomato!
  • Manipulating DNA

Videos
  • DNA: Our Genetic Blueprint
  • Sanger Sequencing
  • The Human Genome Project
  • Mammoths, Mummies, and Microbes: Ancient DNA
  • Me and My Family Tree
  • DNA and My Health
  • That's a wrap!
  • Sanger Sequencing
  • Human Genome Sequencing
Readings
  • Labster: Next Generation Sequencing Simulation
  • Cracking the Code of Life (video)
  • Iceman Murder Mystery (video)
  • Personal DNA Testing (video)
  • My Career in Genomics: Antibiotic Resistance (video)
  • My Career in Genomics: Cancer Biology (video)
  • My Career in Genomics: Evolution (video)
Practice Exercises
  • DNA: Our Genetic Blueprint
  • Sanger Sequencing
  • Me and My Family Tree
  • DNA and My Health
  • DNA and Me
  • Scientists Complete First Chapter of Book of Life With Decoding of First Human Chromosome (article)

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