Your path
Your personalized map
Every module of the course, in the order that suits you. Nothing here is ever locked, and every module is one tap away.
- CoreM01
Orientation: What Life Is and the Scales We Work At
Your main road: the essentials for your path, shown first, in order.
- CoreM02
The Cell: Life's Basic Unit
Your main road: the essentials for your path, shown first, in order.
- CoreM03
The Molecules of Life
Your main road: the essentials for your path, shown first, in order.
- CoreM04
DNA, Genes, and the Genome
Your main road: the essentials for your path, shown first, in order.
- S3.1The nucleotide: the actual unit of DNA and RNA14 min
- S3.2The double helix: backbone, base pairing, antiparallel strands20 min
- S3.3RNA, and how it differs from DNA12 min
- S6.1Gene, genome, chromosome, and how DNA is packaged14 min
- S6.2What is in a genome besides protein-coding genes12 min
- S6.3Genotype, phenotype, and variation between individuals14 min
- CoreM05
The Central Dogma: DNA to RNA to Protein
Your main road: the essentials for your path, shown first, in order.
- S5.1The central dogma as a whole, and why the steps exist12 min
- S5.2Replication: how DNA copies itself16 min
- S5.3Transcription: DNA to messenger RNA16 min
- S5.4RNA processing in eukaryotes: editing the message before use14 min
- S5.5Translation and the genetic code: codons, reading frames, start and stop25 min
- S5.6Putting it together: gene expression end to end16 min
- RecommendedM06
Gene Expression and Regulation
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM07
Proteins: Shape, Function, and Enzymes
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM08
DNA Replication, Cell Division, and Mutation
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM09
Metabolism and Energy
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM10
Membranes, Transport, and Cell Signaling
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM11
Genetics, Variation, and Inheritance
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM12
Evolution and Phylogenetics
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM16
Human Body Systems Overview
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM17
The Biology of Aging
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- LON-1.1Define biological aging vs chronological age12 min
- LON-1.2Set the standard of evidence for longevity claims12 min
- LON-2.1Genomic instability and telomere attrition14 min
- LON-2.2Epigenetic alterations and loss of proteostasis14 min
- LON-2.3Nutrient sensing, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cellular senescence16 min
- LON-2.4Stem cell exhaustion, altered communication, and integration12 min
- LON-3.1Explain aging clocks and what they actually measure14 min
- LON-4.1Lifestyle and dietary interventions and their pathway logic14 min
- LON-4.2Pharmacological and emerging interventions, mechanism and evidence16 min
- RecommendedM19
Neurons and Electrical Signaling
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- RecommendedM22
How Biology Knows Things: Ethics and Experiment Design
Rounds things out. Strongly suggested but not strictly required.
- SkippableM13
How Biologists Read DNA: Lab Methods and Sequencing
Real course material off your route. Safe to skip for now, and one tap away.
- SkippableM14
Bioinformatics Foundations
Real course material off your route. Safe to skip for now, and one tap away.
- BIO-1.1Represent DNA, RNA, and protein as strings16 min
- BIO-1.2Translate DNA to protein in software, honoring frames and ORFs20 min
- BIO-2.1Read and write the core sequence file formats16 min
- BIO-2.2Navigate the key biological databases12 min
- BIO-3.1Why alignment exists and what each edit represents12 min
- BIO-3.2The core alignment algorithms and their tradeoffs20 min
- BIO-3.3Fast heuristic and read-mapping tools16 min
- SkippableM15
Data and Statistics for Biology
Real course material off your route. Safe to skip for now, and one tap away.
- SkippableM18
The Immune System, Basics
Real course material off your route. Safe to skip for now, and one tap away.
- SkippableM20
Brains, Neural Circuits, and Recording Signals
Real course material off your route. Safe to skip for now, and one tap away.
- OptionalM21
Microbes and the Microbiome
Bonus and enrichment: fun or deepening for anyone, not needed for your goals.