<p>How will med schools look at this?
I have an opportunity to do research at a lab that sort of mixes chemistry and biology, and the research is about discovering the biological role of nucleoside modification. And basically about transcriptional RNA, and exploring questions about enzyme catalysis. </p>
<p>But I want to be a molecular biology major in college. My advisor said that if I do research even in biochemistry lab, I can still get "biology internship" credit for it, which counts towards upper division biology credits for my degree. </p>
<p>But would med schools think it's weird that I would do research in biochemistry while majoring in molecular biology? </p>
<p>What about MSTP programs? Would they think it's weird?</p>
<p>science doesn’t really have strict boundaries like that. In fact, I can’t even comprehend a situation in which someone would think it was weird that a molecular biology major is doing biochem research.</p>
<p>No, they won’t think it’s weird. And if anyone does (which I would think was weird in and of itself), just say it was a great opportunity, you learned a lot about research and laboratory techniques, and you wanted to deepen your understanding of biology and chemistry with hands on experience. No one will question that no matter what type of research you do.</p>
<p>I was a biochemistry major with a strong interest in health and worked for three years as an undergrad in a plant biology lab. The year before that, I worked on a microbiology research project. Then I applied for grad school in genetic counseling, and no one once asked me why I worked in a plant bio lab (or a microbiology lab). They wanted to hear my talk about my research but no one cared what particular field I was working in.</p>