Chapter 1: Biochemical and Molecular Biological Methods in Life Sciences Studies

Question 1

What’s meant by traditional biochemistry

Answer 1

mainly investigated

bulk behavior and macroscopic phenomena.

Question 2

The new stream of biochemistry focuses on

Answer 2

the molecular basis of biological processes and since it put the biologically important molecules into the spotlight

Question 3

several specialised areas in the life sciences, name them !

Answer 3

1. structural biology
2. genetics
3. proteomics

Question 4

life sciences embrace …

Answer 4

the study of living organisms

Question 5

two major current areas of interest in life science is ?

Answer 5

neuroscience and artifi cial intelligence

Question 6

bioinformatics loosely describes ?

Answer 6

the processing of biological data, that are commonplace in the field of genomics.

Question 7

_____ still constitutes the
core discipline of the experimental life sciences, and involves the study of the chemical
processes that occur in ____

Answer 7

1. Biochemistry

2. living organisms

Question 8

the structure and function of the total protein component of the cell is called

Answer 8

proteomics

Question 9

the structure and function of all the small molecules in the cell

Answer 9

metabolomics