<p>The OP needs to understand the Integrated Science Program since the program was designed to provide the best undergraduate sequence for students interested in biological/medical research. </p>
<p>The course was designed by Professor David Botstein. Professor David Botstein was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1981 and to the Institute of Medicine in 1993. In 1980, Botstein and three colleagues proposed a method for mapping genes that laid the groundwork for the Human Genome Project. In 2010 Botstein won the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research; the award is the largest prize in medicine in the United States and is considered second only to the Nobel Prize. Botstein shared the prize with Eric Lander 78 and Francis Collins. Botstein and Lander were awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2013. Botstein is a recipient of the $250,000 2013 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize in recognition for his work that helped establish a framework for the Human Genome Project. Botstein designed the undergraduate course that he believes will best prepare students for biological research.</p>
<p>Real scientific problems require a knowledge of multiple scientific fields, math, and computer science. Undergraduate courses should be taught in an integrative approach. Chemistry Professor Michael Hecht says that this course teaches science from the perspective of how its done in the real world. The course combines molecular biology, physics, chemistry, math, and computer science into an integrative course. Senior faculty, most of whom are members of the National Academy of Science, teach the course. Nobel laureate Eric Wieschaus has taught the biology portion of the course. </p>
<p>Professor Botstein says that advances in genomics and computer science require that biology be taught from a brand new perspective. He feels that Princeton’s emphasis on undergraduate education and great scientific faculty provides an unique opportunity to change how science is taught.</p>
<p>The professors that teach the course have a multidisciplinary background. Bolstein worked in high energy physics and on the genetics of yeast. At Stanford his lab helped to develop gene chips. Professor John Hopfield is a physicist turned molecular biologist who is using a computer science approach to explain how neurons code and compute information. William Bialek is a biophysicist who is working to understand the complex patterns in nerve signals. Chemistry Professor Hecht completed his Ph.D. in biology at MIT where he did research on protein stability and protein/DNA interactions</p>
<p>Here is a video of Professor Botstein explaining the new integrated science program. [David</a> Botstein Video: Princeton Science](<a href=“http://ibiomagazine.org/issues/june-2011-issue/david-botstein.html]David”>http://ibiomagazine.org/issues/june-2011-issue/david-botstein.html) </p>
<p>Molecular biology students have the opportunity to conduct independent research and paid summer research positions. [Princeton</a> University Molecular Biology - Early Research](<a href=“http://molbio.princeton.edu/undergraduate/research/early-research]Princeton”>http://molbio.princeton.edu/undergraduate/research/early-research) </p>
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