Molecular Cell Biology

HARVEY LODISH is Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

Life begins with cells; chemical foundations; protein structure and function; from gene to protein - basic molecular genetic mechanisms; biomembranes and cell architecture; integrating cells into tissues; transport of ions and small molecules across cell membranes; cellular energetics; molecular genetic techniques and genomics; gene and chromosome structure; transcriptional control of gene expression; post-transcriptional controls and nuclear transport; signalling at the cell surface; signalling pathways that control gene activity; integrating signals with gene controls; moving proteins into membranes and organelles; vesicular traffic, secretion and endocytosis; metabolism and movement of lipids; cytoskeleton I - microfilaments and intermediate filaments; cytoskeleton II - microtubules regulating the eukaryotic cell cycle; cell birth. lineage and death; cancer.