Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings
Abbreviations, acronyms and superscripts
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06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies

26. - Biological and biomedical sciences

26.02 - Biochemistry/biophysics and molecular biology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0202 to 26.0299.

26.0202 - Biochemistry

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. These programs include courses in bio-organic chemistry, protein chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, bioseparations, regulatory biochemistry, enzymology, hormonal chemistry, calorimetry, and research methods and equipment operation.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • biochemistry
    • biological chemistry

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemical engineering(14.4301)
    • biochemistry and molecular biology(26.0210)
    • biological engineering(14.4501)
    • chemical engineering(14.0701)
    • chemistry(40.0501)
    • molecular biochemistry(26.0205)
26.0203 - Biophysics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of physics principles to the scientific study of the mechanisms of biological processes and assemblies at all levels of complexity. These programs include courses in research methods and equipment operation and applications to subjects such as bioenergetics, biophysical theory and modelling, electrophysics, membrane biology, channels, receptors and transporters, contractility and muscle function, protein shaping and folding, molecular and supramolecular structures and assemblies, and computational science.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • biophysics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemistry and molecular biology(26.0210)
    • biological and physical sciences(30.0101)
    • medical physics(51.2205)
    • molecular biophysics(26.0206)
    • physics(40.0801)
26.0204 - Molecular biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the role of molecular constituents and mechanisms in supramolecular assemblies and cells. These programs include courses in such topics as molecular signalling and transduction, regulation of cell growth, enzyme substrates and mechanisms of enzyme action, DNA-protein interaction, and applications to fields such as biotechnology, genetics, cell biology, and physiology.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • molecular biology

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemistry and molecular biology(26.0210)
    • cell and molecular biology(26.0406)
    • molecular medicine(26.1401)
    • plant molecular biology(26.0308)
26.0205 - Molecular biochemistry

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific relationship of physiological function to the structure and actions of macromolecules and supramolecular assemblies such as multienzyme complexes, membranes, and viruses. These programs include courses in the chemical mechanisms of regulation and catalysis, protein synthesis and other syntheses, and biomolecular chemical reactions.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • molecular biochemistry

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemical engineering(14.4301)
    • biological and physical sciences(30.0101)
    • molecular biology(26.0204)
26.0206 - Molecular biophysics

This instructional program class comprises any scientific program that focuses on the dynamics and interactions of macromolecules and other three-dimensional ultrastructures, the architecture of supramolecular structures, and energy transfer in biomolecular systems. These programs include courses in energy transduction, structural dynamics, mechanisms of electron and proton transfer in biological systems, bioinformatics, automated analysis, and specialized research techniques.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • molecular biophysics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemistry and molecular biology(26.0210)
    • biophysics(26.0203)
    • medical physics(51.2205)
26.0207 - Structural biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of submolecular and molecular components and assemblies of living systems and how they are organized into functional units such as cells and anatomic tissues. These programs include courses in glycoprotein, carbohydrate, protein, and nucleic acid structures and chemistry; cytoskeletal structure; nuclear and intracellular structures; molecular recognition; molecular chaperones; transcription and folding; multicellular organization; microtubules and microfilaments; cell differentiation; immunophysics; and DNA sequencing.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • structural biology

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biology(26.0101)
    • cell and molecular biology(26.0406)
    • cell biology and anatomy(26.0407)
    • medical biology(26.0102)
    • molecular biology(26.0204)
26.0208 - Photobiology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the effects of light energy on living organisms, the manufacture and processing of luminescence by organisms, and the uses of light in biological research. These programs include courses in bioluminescence, chronobiology, photomedicine, environmental photobiology, organic photochemistry, photomorphogenesis, photoreceptors and photosensitization, molecular mechanics of photosynthesis, phototechnology, vision, ultraviolet radiation, radiation physics, and spectral research methods.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • photobiology

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biological and physical sciences(30.0101)
    • biology(26.0101)
26.0209 - Radiation biology/radiobiology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the effects of radiation on organisms and biological systems. These programs include courses in particle physics, ionization, and biophysics of radiation perturbations, cellular and organismic repair systems, genetic and pathological effects of radiation, and the measurement of radiation dosages.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • radiation biology
    • radiobiology

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biological and physical sciences(30.0101)
    • biology(26.0101)
    • diagnostic radiology - residency(60.0411)
    • photobiology(26.0208)
    • radiology technologist(51.0911)
26.0210 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

This instructional program class comprises any program of study that combines the biological subdisciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology. These programs include courses in general biology, general and organic chemistry, physics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, and cellular biology.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • biochemistry and molecular biology
    • combined biochemistry and molecular biology

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemistry(26.0202)
    • biophysics(26.0203)
    • molecular biology(26.0204)
26.0299 - Biochemistry/biophysics and molecular biology, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Biochemistry/biophysics and molecular biology.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • comparative biochemistry
    • medical biochemistry

    All examples

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