MCD BIO 114ALResearch Immersion Laboratory in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Students participate in discovery-based, authentic research projects to examine the expression, accumulation, and/or function of plant genes/proteins using combination of molecular, genetic, and computational techniques. The plant and/or molecular reagents generated are incorporated into the instructor’s ongoing research programs.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Life Sciences 7A, 7B, 7C, 7L, 107.
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MCD BIO 114AL
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- LIFESCI 7LIntroduction to Laboratory and Scientific Methodology
- LIFESCI 107Genetics
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
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