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CHEM3081 - Chemical Biology of DNA and RNA

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Chemistry
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-cursor(s)
CHEM2071/BCH2071 or CHEM2003/BCH2003 or CHEM2007/BCH2007
Equivalent Course(s)
BCH3081
Course Offering Term*:
Semester A 2025/26
Semester A 2026/27 (Tentative)

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

In this course, students will be able to:

i) develop an understanding of a wide range of advanced chemical biology techniques, and their application to the study of nucleic acid structure and function studies

ii) devise appropriate chemical biology experiments to address specific basic and applied bioscience problems related to nucleic acids

iii) explore the relationship between nucleic acids and their chemical and biochemical properties

iv) identify the major differences between deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and ribonucleic acids (RNA), and the diverse targeting strategies


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
Min. Continuous Assessment Passing Requirement: 40%
Min. Examination Passing Requirement: 40%
 
Detailed Course Information

CHEM3081.pdf