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FACULTY OF LIFE AND NATURAL SCIENCES
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
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As one of the main disciplines among modern natural sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics aims to understand the molecular mechanisms both under normal and disease conditions. The main studies in Molecular Biology and Genetics involve that how genes on the DNA are transcribed into RNA and RNA is subsequently translated into proteins. Proteins are as the functional units in a cell, they serve as an enzymes, structural proteins and transport proteins form building blocks to effector molecules in cellular organisms. For example, starting from recognition of double stranded structure of DNA by J. Watson and F. Crick in 1953, recombinant DNA technology, monoclonal antibodies, transgenic applications in an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form and genome editing allowed revolutionary developments in this field.
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics search for an answer in molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, cell biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics using modern technologies and working interdisciplinary. Approach of our department to interdisciplinary studies enables connection between important fields such as basic biology, medicine, food industry and pharmaceutics.



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