Graduate Diploma in Molecular Biology

Course Details

With UQs one -year Graduate Diploma in Molecular Biology program, you can build practical skills as you experience laboratory techniques such as electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction, endonuclease mapping, fluorescent reporters and expression vectors. Youll develop an advanced knowledge of the structure and function of genes and the proteins they encode. Your study will cover genome sequencing, recombinant DNA technology and macromolecular structure determination. Through laboratory practicals, workshops, projects and directed study, youll receive training in bioinformatics, molecular genetics, biomolecular structure and function, and immunology. Youll also be able to write your own research proposal and carry out a project as part of your course choices. Plus youll graduate with the high-level knowledge and skills to achieve your goals in modern molecular biology research or industry practice.

Qualification: Graduate Diploma

Course structure: 16 units