Dr Despo Papachristodoulou is a Reader in Biochemistry and Medical Education at Kings College London. Her interests include metabolism and nutrition, obesity, diabetes and diabetic complications, medical education and curriculum development. Dr Papachristodoulou has a long experience of teaching biochemistry and nutrition to medical, dental and biomedical undergraduates and is lead of the Professional/Graduate Entry to Medicine Programme at Kings College.Dr Alison Snape is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Teaching Department of Biochemistry at King's College London. Her interests include regulation of gene expression and differentiation in early embryonic development. Dr Snape has extensive experience of teaching biochemistry and molecular biology to undergraduates and organises modules that are taken by first year students in bioscience and nutrition programmes.
This textbook presents classical biochemistry material with a balanced emphasis on details and conceptual understanding. Explanations are given in a conversational manner so that students are not distracted by an over-whelming amount of new terminology * Amanda Storm, Biology, James Madison University * Good entry level biochemistry textbook that gives students an overview of the diversity of biochemistry and that introduces abstract concepts in a well-explained and accessible way. * Dirk Wildeboer, Natural Sciences, Middlesex University * 'The style is very clear, logical and systematic. The diagrams complement the text well' * Dr Momna Hejmadi, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath * 'I don't know of any other biology/biochemistry book that explains DNA replication as well as this one' * Lynn Rogers, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, Adelaide University * 'Easy to read with good use of simple figures and plenty of internal cross-references to other chapters or relevant pages. I was impressed with the inclusion of some very up to date findings.' * Dr Peter Morris, School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University *