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

Starting from Semester A, 2015-16, students must satisfy the following minimum passing requirement for courses offered by CHEM: "minimum of 40% in both coursework and examination components."€