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1.00 Credits
Introduction to the emerging field of synthetic biology. Focuses on molecular biological procedures commonly used to build and characterize synthetic genetic circuits. Students maintain a research quality laboratory notebook and submit a project proposal that promotes the development of novel biotechnology. Taught second half of fall or spring semester.
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1.00 Credits
Isolation, culture, observation, assay, and identification of bacteria, along with a team project in microbiological examination of water. Starts the second half of the semester, self-scheduled after the first formal meetings.
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1.00 Credits
Introduction to tissue culture techniques, including cell passage, cell viability, and cell attachment and proliferation assays. Students complete quantitative analysis of their data. Engineering design and applications are featured in graded work. Sections 1 and 2 are taught during the first half of the semester. Sections 3 and 4 are taught during the second half of the semester. Students may be required to attend lab on a university holiday. Your registration for this course will not be accepted until you obtain Dr. Saterbak's signature on an Undergraduate Special Registration Request form.
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3.00 Credits
Structure and functions of microorganisms with emphasis on their environmental, industrial and medical importance.
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3.00 Credits
This course will teach the fundamentals of human physiology from an engineering perspective, with specific focus on the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary systems. Lectures, assignments and exams will be quantitative and will introduce engineering priciples, such as conservation of mass and energy, controls and system analysis, thermodynamics and mass transport, and apply them to the study of physiologic systems.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of biological evolution. Topics include natural selection, adaptation, molecular evolution, formation of new species, the fossil record, biogeography, and principles of classification. Biosciences Group B.
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3.00 Credits
Mendelian genetics, population genetics, mapping, gene expression and regulation, genetic engineering, DNA replication and recombination, human genetics, genetic disease and gene therapy.
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3.00 Credits
Study of selected aspects of physical chemistry as it relates to the biosciences. Includes thermodynamics, reaction rate theory, quantum mechanics, and atomic and molecular structure.
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3.00 Credits
Importance of nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, impact of cost of compounds on global health; Overview of biochemical pathways; Genetic engineering and molecular biology tools for ME; Nutritional molecules; Pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, tamiflu-against influenza virus; anti-parasite compounds against malaria and filaria diseases; anti-diarrhea treatments).
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3.00 Credits
Study of molecular and cellular mechanism of hormone action and of target cell reponses. Study of the role of hormone action in mammalian physiological responses.
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