Basic knowledge in Molecular and Cellular Biology is a fundamental perequisite to bio-informatics engineering or any computational attempt in modeling biological systems. This course provides an introduction to the molecular organization at the levels of cells and tissues.

• Molecular components of cells: nucleic acids, proteins, glucids, lipids
• Structure and organization of prokaryote and eukaryote genomes: genes, chromosomes, genomes
• The fundamental genetic mechanisms: duplication, transcription, transduction
• Cellular organization
• Cellular diversity: proliferation and cell differentiation, pathological changes, cancer
• interactions and regulations
• Tools of molecular biology and genetics

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Written exam, documents allowed (3 hours) (E).

N1=E1
N2=E2