RNA IS ESSENTIAL FOR CELL SURVIVAL, AND IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS.THE RNA BIOLOGY CLUSTER AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THESE PROCESSES BY ELUCIDATING HOW RNA MOLECULES INTERACT WITH PROTEINS. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW RNAS SENSE INTRACELLULAR LEVELS OF METABOLITES, TEMPERATURE OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS THAT LEAD TO A CHANGE IN GENE EXPRESSION, AND HOW THEY EXERT REGULATORY FUNCTIONS IN A NUMBER OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. THIS COURSE AIM TO HELP STUDENTS TO GAIN BETTER INSIGHT OF THESE ASPECTS AND REACH THESE GOALS BY BROADENS KNOWLEDGE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH UTILIZING GENETICS, BIOCHEMISTRY, IMAGING, BIOINFORMATICS AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY.