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Latest lecture · September 2026
The Genetic Code and Translation
This is Lecture 5 of BIOL 367, Molecular Biology, at Concordia. It explains how a cell reads the four-letter code of messenger RNA and turns it into protein: codons, transfer RNAs and the ribosome at work.
Watch the lectureBIOL 261
Molecular General Genetics
This course follows how traits pass from one generation to the next, down to the molecules that carry them.
Mendel’s First Law of Inheritance and Pedigree Analysis
Mendel’s Second Law of Inheritance and Probabilities
Mitosis, Meiosis and Sex-Linked Inheritance
Linked Gene Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Genetic Recombination and the Chi-Square Test
Complex Gene Interactions, Part 1
Complex Gene Interactions, Part 2
Bacterial Genetics & Conjugation
From Coded to Coding
Bacterial Transformation and Viral Transduction
DNA Structure and Replication, Part 1
DNA Structure and Replication, Part 2
RNA Structure and Transcription, Part 1
RNA Structure and Transcription, Part 2
Protein Structure and Translation
Gene Expression Regulation, Part 1
Gene Expression Regulation, Part 2
Gene Isolation & Manipulation
Population Genetics & Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Population Genetics & Inbreeding
Genomes and Genomics
Review of the Pre-Midterm Material
BIOL 481 / 511 / 631
Structural Genomics
This course covers how genomes are organized, read and compared, from chromosomes to sequencing data.
Overview of the Genome Structure, Part 1
Overview of the Genome Structure, Part 2
Overview of the Genome Structure, Part 3
Getting the Yeast Genome
Getting the Human Genome, Part 1
Getting the Human Genome, Part 2
Getting the Human Genome, Part 3
Getting the Human Genome, Part 4
Getting the Human Genome, Part 5
Analyzing the Human Genome, Part 1
Analyzing the Human Genome, Part 2
ENCODE and GWAS
Selfish DNA
Functional RNAs, Part 1
Functional RNAs, Part 2
Functional & Clinical Genomics
Structural Genomics: Gene Therapy
Microbiome, Genomics & Narcotics
BIOL 380
Nutrition
This course explains what food does inside the body, at the level of cells and metabolism.
BIOL 367
Molecular Biology
This course explains how a gene becomes a protein, and how cells control that process.
Where to start
| If you want to… | Start with | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Understand how genes work | Molecular Biology | Molecular General Genetics |
| Follow inheritance and mutations | Molecular General Genetics | Structural Genomics |
| Work with genome data | Structural Genomics | Molecular Biology |
| Connect food and health | Nutrition | Molecular Biology |