Biology and Biotechnology Postgraduate Degrees

...fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopaedic implants, and designing... Learn about: Tissue Engineering, IT risk...

...This course focuses on feedback control mechanisms that living organisms implement at the molecular level to execute their functions, with emphasis...

...include a Lorentz gas, Brownian motion, alpha particles, and runaway electrons. The Braginskii formulation of classical collisional transport in general...

...and anthropological approaches to the study of life, in both medicine and biology. After grounding our conversation in accounts of natural history...

...transcription, and gene expression. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 2 hours / session 7.06 Cell Biology The goal of this course is to teach both the fundamentals... Learn about: Cell Biology...

...the information that has been collected from studying genetic variation in model systems like nematode and drosophila for mutation studies....

...2nd ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1992. ISBN: 9780716770305. Fersht, Alan. Enzyme Structure and Mechanism. 2nd ed. New York...

...Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 3 hours / session 9.013J / 7.68J is an introductory course for graduate students aimed at providing a synthetic overview...

...2 sessions / week, 2 hours / session 9.01, 7.012 / 7.013 / 7.014 Each student will be expected to present 2 topics during the semester. All students should...

...and gradient sensing systems. Additional specific topics include: constructing and modeling of genetic networks, lambda phage as a genetic switch... Learn about: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology...

...to illustrate important problems and approaches in the field of computational and systems biology, and provide students a framework from which to evaluate new developments... Learn about: Research Literature...

...and cellular basis of synaptic plasticity, hippocampal function and the role of plasticity in both vertebrate and invertebrate memory. The course is taught... Learn about: Learning and Development...

...course is based on lectures and discussions of primary literature readings of recent research in the field of brain aging in humans. fMRI studies of patients...

...two-term survey of brain and behavioral studies for first-year graduate students. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 3 hours / session 9.011 is an introductory...

...Topics will include visual perception, language, memory, cognitive architecture, learning, reasoning, decision-making, and cognitive development... Learn about: Decision Making, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Science...

...3 hours / session In this seminar anatomical, neurophysiological, imaging and behavioral research will be examined in an attempt to gain a better understanding...

...memory for our past experiences. Memory is intimately involved in most, if not all, levels of human cognition, from the ability to temporarily remember...

...their activity and the second-messenger systems and ion fluxes that they control. The involvement of particular neurotransmitters in human diseases is considered...

...evolutionary genetics, and the larger scientific, social, ethical, and philosophical implications. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session How genetics... Learn about: IT risk...

...to help students understand the breadth as well as the depth of the course. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session 9.20 or Equivalent...