Molecular Mysteries of Human Biology

Undergraduate

Knowledge of molecular mechanisms allows new approaches to understanding human biology and disease. This course will explore the normal and abnormal biology of several human conditions relying on biochemistry, molecular genetics, and physiology as tools of inquiry. Examples will be drawn from the histories of Mona Lisa, Michel-Eugène Chevreul, Otto Warburg, Hendrickje Stöffels, Steve Jobs, Paul Cézanne, Pearl Buck, Auguste D and Luigi Cornaro among others.