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jplatzek | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some of the best university courses available online for free?

I am quite fond of the three molecular biology courses from MIT on edx [1][2][3]. Not only are the lectures great, but they also have spaced repetition built in. The exercises are often great counterfactual questions that encourage deep understanding.

[1] https://www.edx.org/course/molecular-biology-part-1-dna-repl...

[2] https://www.edx.org/course/molecular-biology-part-2-transcri...

[3] https://www.edx.org/course/molecular-biology-part-3-rna-proc...

jplatzek | 5 years ago | on: I should have loved biology

Biologist here. I would start with a textbook called Janeways Immunobiology. It is the textbook that all of us have used to learn immunology and should be accessible for anyone with a high-school understanding of biology. The book already has many explanations of autoimmune diseases, so it should be everything you need.