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Outstanding areas of medical research at the University of Alberta include diabetes, obesity, virology, heart disease, motor control and rehabilitation, protein structure and function, and transplantation.
BIOCH 626 (Northern Lights)
Recent advances in research on protein structure and function and mechanism of enzyme action.
BIOCH 640 (Biomembranes Discussion Group)
Selected topics from the current literature in the field of membrane structure and function.
BIOCH 670/671 (Recent Advances in Biochemistry)
BIOCH 670 - Graduate student presentation based on recent developments published in first rate journals
BIOCH 671 - Graduate student presentation on their research project that includes original data.