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MIT 7.016 Introductory Biology

By MIT OpenCourseWare

Course audio
Course audio: English
Level
Intermediate
Length
15 lessons

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain how proteins, enzymes and membranes work
  • Describe DNA replication, transcription and translation
  • Understand the basics of genetics and cell signalling

About this course

MIT's introductory biology course from Fall 2018, taught by Professors Barbara Imperiali and Adam Martin. Lectures begin with chemical bonding and molecular interactions, lipids and membranes, amino acids and proteins, enzymes and metabolism, then continue through carbohydrates, nucleic acids, DNA replication, transcription and translation, genetics, recombinant DNA, cell signalling, and topics in neuroscience and infectious disease. It suits FSc pre-medical and pre-engineering students heading to university life sciences. CrashCourse Biology is a lighter companion.

Before you start: FSc-level biology and chemistry

Syllabus

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  1. 11. Introduction, Course Organization of MIT 7.016 Introductory Biology, Fall 2018
  2. 22. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Interactions; Lipids and Membranes
  3. 33. Structures of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  4. 44. Enzymes & Metabolism
  5. 55. Carbohydrates and Glycoproteins
  6. 66. Nucleic Acids
  7. 77. Replication
  8. 88. Transcription
  9. 99. Chromatin Remodeling and Splicing
  10. 1010. Translation
  11. 1111. Cells, the Simplest Functional Units
  12. 1212. Genetics 1 – Cell Division & Segregating Genetic Material
  13. 1313. Genetics 2 – Rules of Inheritance
  14. 1414. Genetics 3 – Linkage, Crossing Over
  15. 1515. Genetics 4 – The power of model organisms in biological discovery

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Sabaq lists the first 15 videos of this playlist; the rest continue on YouTube. Full playlist on YouTube

Lessons last checked Oct 2026. Course summary and lesson structure by Sabaq.

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