molecular biology
noun
: a branch of biology dealing with the ultimate physicochemical organization of living matter and especially with the molecular basis of inheritance and protein synthesis
molecular biologist
noun
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Perry is a molecular biology and biochemistry double major who holds a 3.96 GPA and made first-team All-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in 2023.
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Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
The two teams complemented each other because the Stanford group had expertise in genetics and genomics, while the Harvard team excelled at sensory functions, behavior, and molecular biology.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
So my undergrad already in Vienna was both math and molecular biology.
—quantamagazine.org, 15 Oct. 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prizes illustrate this coming together of multiple disciplines–molecular biology, neuroscience, computer science, computational statistics, physics, artificial intelligence—to engineer a new healthcare landscape.
—Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
The two teams complemented each other because the Stanford group had expertise in genetics and genomics, while the Harvard team excelled at sensory functions, behavior, and molecular biology.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
So my undergrad already in Vienna was both math and molecular biology.
—quantamagazine.org, 15 Oct. 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prizes illustrate this coming together of multiple disciplines–molecular biology, neuroscience, computer science, computational statistics, physics, artificial intelligence—to engineer a new healthcare landscape.
—Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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molecular biology
noun
: a branch of biology dealing with the study and understanding of biological activity and processes at the molecular level and especially the molecular basis of gene function and protein synthesis
Molecular biology experiments proved that small pieces of DNA did sometimes move within or between chromosomes, thereby triggering changes in gene expression.—John Rennie, Scientific American
John Rennie, Scientific AmericanThe test is based on several recent advances in molecular biology, including the new insight that cells slip into the uncontrolled growth known as cancer through defects in specific enzymes that monitor and control division.—Lawrence K. Altman, The New York Times
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