BIOS 228: Understanding Chemistry in Biology and Biological Experiments
Chemical transformations are central to biology and function and chemical methods provide some of the most powerful tools for everyday experimental biology. Focuses on the concepts and principles underlying biological chemical transformations, allowing students to generalize and understand cell metabolism and regulation. Topics include basic principles and procedures to evaluate and utilize in practice chemical approaches in biological experiments. In-class problems and evaluation of literature. Three-week mini-course.
BIOS 231: Neuroimaging Genomics
Preference to graduate students and medical students. Emphasis is on introducing students to the field of neuroimaging genomics, characterizing large-scale genomic and imaging datasets to uncover relationships between imaging features, molecular genomic profiles, and phenotype.
BIOS 233: Experimental Metagenomics: Nectar Microbes as a Model System
Preference to graduate students and post-docs; open to upper-level undergraduates with instructor consent. Emphasis on developing a practical understanding of how to conduct metagenomic research by combining cutting-edge molecular sequencing with experimental ecological approaches. Focuses on the community ecology of the bacterial and yeast species that colonize floral nectar via pollinators and the implications for plant-pollinator interactions within an agriculturally relevant framework. Ecological, evolutionary, and phylogenetic principles and microbiological and molecular techniques that will be taught are broadly applicable in many biological fields, including the medical ecology of hte human microbiome. Inquiry-based with individual student-led projects.
Filter Results: