Features of Achieve Include

• A design guided by learning science research. Developed with extensive collaboration and testing by students and faculty, including two levels of Institutional Review Board approval for every efficacy study of Achieve.
• A learning path of powerful content including pre-class, in-class, and post-class activities and assessments.
• A detailed gradebook with insights for just-in-time teaching and reporting on student achievement by learning concept.
• Easy integration and gradebook synchronization with iClicker classroom engagement solutions.
• Simple integration with your campus LMS and availability through Inclusive Access programs.

New Media and Assessment Features in Achieve Include

• Five new in-class activities, along with revised classroom response questions support an active and inclusive classroom.
• LearningCurve adaptive quizzing provides formative assessments to help students prepare before class.
• Case Studies and Analyze the Data Problems focus on real-world applications.
• Chapter Concept Quizzes provide easy to assign and automatically graded assessments.

Features of the Text Include

• The text and figures emphasize the experiments that define our understanding of cell biology, engaging students with the exciting breakthroughs that define the field’s history and point to its future.
• Experimental Figures illustrate important techniques and experiments and show real data.
• Medical Connections are woven throughout the chapters to give students an appreciation for the clinical applications of the basic science they are learning.
• In many chapters, Plant Biology Connections spotlight plant biotechnology and unique aspects of cell biology in plants.
• Key Concepts for each section provide a learning framework for students as they progress through a chapter.

Preface

In writing the ninth edition of Molecular Cell Biology, we have incorporated many of the spectacular advances made over the past four years in biomedical science, driven in part by new experimental technologies that have revolutionized many fields. Fast techniques for sequencing DNA, allied with efficient methods to generate and study mutations in model organisms and to map disease-causing mutations in humans, have illuminated a basic understanding of the functions of many cellular components, including hundreds of human genes that affect diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Exploring the most current developments in the field is always a priority in writing a new edition, but it is also important to us to communicate the basics of cell biology clearly by stripping away as much extraneous detail as possible to focus attention on the fundamental concepts of cell biology. To this end, in addition to introducing new discoveries and technologies, we have streamlined and reorganized several chapters to clarify processes and concepts for students.