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IGERT Course
Requirements
All new IGERT students begin their graduate program at the start of the summer quarter (late June). IGERT students will have the are required to participate in a series of three 3-week laboratory rotations during the 10-week program. The rotation is be used to guide a selection of a doctoral research topic and advisor from the group of available Dissertation Topics for that year’s competition.
In addition, IGERT students
will participate in a summer orientation program that includes participation in
our summer NSF program in Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), (http://alpha.che.uc.edu/mast/). This
program provides an introduction to the University of Cincinnati and offers a
series of seminar programs and social events during a 10-week period.
All IGERT students are
expected to successfully complete the summer program including laboratory
rotations and to fulfill all departmental PhD candidacy requirements at the
earliest opportunity in order to maintain IGERT support. In addition, IGERT
students must satisfy all Doctoral Degree Requirements including maintaining a
minimum acceptable grade-point average and successfully completing all course
and credit requirements as specified by their departmental program and by university
graduate guidelines. These requirements can be reviewed by logging on to the appropriate
websites given below.
IGERT students also will take
a series of seven core courses that are listed in Table I and complete 9
credits of elective courses from one of three Educational Tracks (Tables II-IV)
during their first three years of residency. It is expected that most course
requirements will be fulfilled by the end of the second year. Many, if not all,
of required IGERT courses will fulfill departmental requirements for electives.
A suitable academic plan for each student will be developed by the IGERT
Educational Advisor assigned to each student in consultation with the
appropriate Graduate Program Director prior to formal graduate matriculation.
Academic Program Links
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The Graduate School at UC (http://www.grad.uc.edu/)
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Biomedical Engineering (http://www.eng.uc.edu/dept_biomed/graduate/graduate_intro.php)
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Chemical & Materials Engineering (http://www.eng.uc.edu/dept_cme/prospectivegrad/materials/?ref1=6&ref2=7)
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Chemistry (http://www.che.uc.edu/graduate/)
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Pharmacology (http://www.med.uc.edu/pharmacology/Grad_Prog.htm)
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Pharmaceutical Sciences (http://pharmacy.uc.edu/content/graduate/item4.cfm)
Table
I. Course Requirements for all IGERT
Students
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Course Number*
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Credits
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Course Title
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Description
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Course Offered
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20BME685
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3
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Entrepreneurship
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TBA
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20BME705
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3
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Research Design
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Scientific method
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Spring, 2005-2006
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26CB922
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2
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Scientific Writing
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Principles and practice of scientific writing including
manuscripts & proposals
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Spring, 2005-2006
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20CHE660
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3
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Membrane Separations
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Membrane transport,
nonequilibrium thermodynamic formalism, membrane preparation and
characterization, separation devices, cascade, computer simulation,
industrial applications.
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Winter, 2006-2007
Autumn, 2005-2006
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20CME600
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3
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Biomembranes
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Lipid bilayers; ion channels; transmembrane receptors
erthrocytes; endothelial epithelial & epidermal cells; nerve cells.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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20CME700
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3***
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Intro to IGERT Research
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Graduate students admitted to the NSF IGERT program will participate in a summer laboratory rotation prior to the start of their first academic year in their doctoral program. The IGERT student will spend three weeks in the laboratory of an IGERT faculty member on an approved research area prior to selecting an IGERT dissertation advisor. During that time, the IGERT student will have an opportunity to learn about the research area and have experience working on the project under the direction of the IGERT faculty member and under guidance of other graduate students and postdoctoral student assigned to the laboratory.
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Summer
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20CME702
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3**
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IGERT Monthly Seminar
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IGERT Fellow research presentations, invited speakers.
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Winter, 2006-2007
Autumn, 2006-2007
Spring, 2005-2006
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* Program Codes: CB, Cell/Mol Biol; BME, Biomedical Engineering; CHE,
Chemical Engineering; GNTD, Grad Medicine.
* College Codes: (20) Engineering, (26) Medicine
** 1 credit per year of residency.
Table II. Elective Courses
in Pharmaceutical Track
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Course Number*
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Credits
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Course Title
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Description
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Course Offered
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26MCP951
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4
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Molecular Physiology I: Membrane Transport Proteins
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Membrane transport proteins, including ion channels,
pumps, and transporters.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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26MCBP821
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3
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Cell Biophsyics I.
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Structure, function, regulation, & intracellular
integration of energy transducing membranes.
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26MCBP823
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3-5
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Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
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Integrated concepts of biomechanics & bioenergetics;
ion transport; regulatory mechanisms; drug actions.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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26MCBP831
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4
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Receptor Pharmacology
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Modern concepts of drug receptor interactions.
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Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2005-2006
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26MCBP951
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4
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Molecular Pharmacology
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The goal of this course is to introduce the major
concepts, literature, and experimental approaches related to the study of
membrane transport proteins.
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25PCHM733
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3
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Computer-Assisted Drug Design
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Discussion & application of modern techniques of
computer-assisted drug design.
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25PCEU422
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Clinical Pharmacokinetics
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TBA
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25PCEU551
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3
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Pharmakinetics R&D
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In vitro and in vivo methodologies for
assessing time course of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, &
excretion.
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Autumn, 2006-2007
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25PCEU724
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2
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Fundamentals in Molecular Pharmaceutics
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Methods to determine lattice defects & water
structure; semisolid & liquid systems.
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25PCEU731
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3
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In Vitro Testing in Drug Evaluation
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Drug product evaluation & interpretation in respect to
biopharmaceutics.
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25PCEU745
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1-4
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Specialized Research Techniques in Biopharmaceutics and
Pharmacokinetics
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Use & application of special skills such as computers,
electron microscopy, techniques for pathology, animal surgery.
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25PCEU746
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3
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Response Surface Methodology in Pharmaceutical Research
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Response surface methodology & its use in
pharmaceutical research; statistical software in response surface
methodology.
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25PCEU750
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3
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Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology I
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Up-to-date technology of formulating, producing &
controlling oral solid dosage forms.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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25PCEU757
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3
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Advances in Drug Delivery Systems
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Developments, manufacture & evaluation of controlled
elease delivery systems in vitro and in vivo.
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*Program Codes: MCP, Molecular/Cellular Physiology; PCHM, Pharmaceutical
Chemistry; PCEU, Pharmaceutics.
* College Codes: (25) Pharmacy, (26) Medicine
Table III. Elective
Courses in Biosensor Track
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Course Number*
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Credits
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Course Title
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Description
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Course Offered
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20BME602
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3
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Bioinstrumentation
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Overview of biomedical instrumentation, design and
operation of transducer and measurement systems used in medicine and biology.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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20ECES630
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3
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Advanced Sensors Instrmentation & Computer I/O Design
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Accountability & error analysis methods for data
acquisition, processing, & output distribution.
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Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2005-2006
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20ECES668
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Microsensing for Instrumentation
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Microsensing for instrumentation in space, industrial
& medical applications.
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New Course
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Biosensor/BioMEMS Devices
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Design principles for biosensors & bioMEMS devices;
fabrication techniques.
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*Program Codes: BME, Biomedical Engineering; ECES, Electrical/Computer
Eng/Computer Science.
* College Codes: (20) Engineering
Table IV. Elective Courses
in Biomedical Track
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Course Number*
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Credits
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Course Title
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Description
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Course Offered
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20BME601
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3
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BME Survey
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Survey of biomedical engineering research topics in tissue
engineering and biomechanics medical imaging and bioinformatics.
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Autumn, 2006-2007
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20BME602
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3
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Bioinstrumentation
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An overview of biomedical instrumentation, design and
operation of transducer and measurement systems used in medicine and biology.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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20BME621
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3
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Tissue Biomechanics
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Examination of the properties and mechanical behavior of
load-bearing structures, soft tissues, and organ systems.
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Autumn, 2006-2007
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20BME624
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3
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Joint Biomechanics
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Mathematical description and analysis of the
three-dimensional motion of biological joints
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Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2005-2006
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20BME630
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3
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Tissue Engineering
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General principles of tissue engineering including aspects
of cell isolation and propagation; matrix selection; construct creation,
manipulation, and implantation; and evaluation of resulting repairs.
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Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2005-2006
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20BME631
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3
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Functional Tissue Engineering
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Principles of functional tissue engineering including and
understanding of the in vivo forces and deformations that tissues experience
and the effects of delivering mechanical stimuli to tissue engineered
constructs in culture.
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Spring, 2005-2006
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20BME640
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3
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Computational Genomics
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Computational problems and algorithms in genome analysis
(co-listed as 20ECES786).
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Winter, 2005-2006
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20BME734
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3
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Cellular Engineering
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Provides theoretical and practical training in the
principles of cell culture and its uses for treatment disease.
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20MECH685
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3
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Introduction to Biomechanics
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Basic concepts & methods involved in applications of
mechanical engineering in the medical & life sciences
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Autumn, 2006-2007
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20MECH686
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3
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Tissue Biomechanics
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Examination of properties & mechanical behavior of the
structure, soft tissue, & organs of biosystems
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Winter, 2005-2006
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20MECH687
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3
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Human Body Dynamics
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Introduction to human body modeling; bones, soft tissue,
human organs, rehabilitation & signal transduction
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Spring, 2005-2006
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26MG719
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4
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Proteins: Structure, Function and Engineering
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Protein design; enzyme catalysis; macromolecular assembly;
protein interactions & signal transduction
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Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2006-2007
Winter, 2005-2006
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20MTSC794
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3
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Introduction to Polymer Science
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Preparation and characterization of polymers;
polymerization; stereoisomerism; materials properties
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Autumn, 2006-2007
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*Program Codes: BME, Biomedical Engineering; MECH, Mechanical Engineering;
MG, Molecular Genetics; MTSC, Materials Science.
* College Codes: (20) Engineering, (26) Medicine
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