What are the main differences between Molecular Biology and Biochemistry?

newmassdad
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:26:41 +0000

They overlap a good deal, but biochem is a discipline much more chemically focused, on topics such as enzymology, metabolic pathways etc.

Mol Biol focuses more on cell based processes, genetic regulation at the molecular level etc.

But why would one care about the differences? For an undergrad major, the differences in course work are trivial. The real differences would be in grad school. And even then, it depends on the research path.

If you want to get more data, I suggest you start looking at college websites and their course requirements for a major. You will find the content all over the map.