Neural analysis in systems bio. Intro to tissue engineering. Introduction to Genome Science. Introduction to Biology: DNA to Organisms. This course is designed for students who are taking or about to take introductory biology at the college level. Its focus will be providing the repeated practice and critical thinking activities that will enable students to be successful in the class in which they are formally enrolled. This course will cover the foundational concepts of cell biology and chemistry: Parts of a cell and its membranePolarity, charge and waterMembrane transport, rearranging the cell and cell movementBiological macromolecules and their functional chemistryManufacturing and transporting of proteins No background required.Students who have had high school biology and algebra will find the class much easier.
As a student enrolled in this course, you will have free access to selected chapters and content for the duration of the course. All chapters were selected by the instructor specifically for this course. A college-level introductory textbook will be highly beneficial. Basic behavioral neurology. Useful genetics. Computational Neuroscience. Medical neuroscience.
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. Neuroethics. About the Course “Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.” --George Orwell Neuroethics might well be the most rapidly growing area within bioethics; indeed, in some respects neuroethics has grown as an independent field, with its own journals, professional society and institutional centers. This growth over the past decade is partly attributable to the growth of neuroscience itself and to the challenging philosophical and moral questions it inherently raises. A 2012 Royal Society report observes that “(a)n increasingly mechanistic understanding of the brain raises a host of ethical, legal, and social implications. Recommended Background No background is required! Suggested Readings We will post free links each week to relevant articles.
You are not required to purchase any books. Mind Wars: Brain Science and the Military In the 21st Century by Jonathan D. Course Format Yes. Who Should Take this Course? Drugs and the Brain. Introduction to Genetics and Evolution. Bioelectricity: a quantitative approach.