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[Illinois] ECE 416: Biosensors
Courses | 07 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Brian Cunningham
Learn the underlying engineering principles used to detect small molecules, DNA, proteins, and cells in the context of applications in diagnostic testing, pharmaceutical research, and environmental monitoring. Biosensor approaches including electrochemistry, fluorescence,...
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[Illinois] Introduction to Bioinformatics
Courses | 24 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Saurabh Sinha
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Illinois BIOE 498 BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology
Courses | 26 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Taher A. Saif, Ann M Nardulli, Catherine J. Murphy
BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology will provide an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research where knowledge from various disciplines will be presented and...
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BME 695L: Engineering Nanomedical Systems
Courses | 31 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: James Leary
This course will cover the basic concepts of design of integrated nanomedical systems for diagnostics and therapeutics. Topics to be covered include: why nanomedical approaches are needed, cell targeting strategies, choice of core nanomaterials, technologies for testing composition and structure...
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Illinois ABE 446: Biological Nanoengineering
Courses | 11 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Kaustubh Bhalerao
Nanodevice design through organization of functional biological components; bio-molecular function and bioconjugation techniques in nanotechnology; modulation of biological systems using nanotechnology; issues related to applying biological nanotechnology in food energy, health, and the...
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2009 GEM4 Summer School - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign : Cellular and Molecular Mechanics with a focus on Enabling Technologies
Workshops | 08 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Taher Saif, Irfan Ahmad, Jimmy K. Hsia
GEMS 4 Summer School Topics: Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology Basics of Mechanics in connection with Biological Systems Mechanotransduction at a distance in a living cell Mechanics insights into the pathophysiology of human disease; Microfluidics approaches to studying human diseases...
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Ionic Selectivity in Channels: complex biology created by the balance of simple physics
Online Presentations | 05 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Bob Eisenberg
An important class of biological molecules—proteins called ionic channels—conduct ions (like Na+ , K+ , Ca2+ , and Cl− ) through a narrow tunnel of fixed charge (‘doping’). Ionic channels control the movement of electric charge and current across biological membranes...
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Illinois Physics 498: Introduction to Biological Physics
Courses | 07 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
We will apply simple yet powerful ideas of physics to gain some understanding of biology. (What is the inertia of a bacteria and how does this affect its behavior?) We will begin with atoms, move to molecules, then macromolecules, then cells, and finally whole systems. For example, how do we...
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BioSensorLab
Tools | 14 Aug 2006 | Contributor(s):: Pradeep R. Nair, Jonghyun Go, Graeme John Landells, Tejas Rajiv Pandit, Muhammad Alam, Xin Jin, Piyush Dak, Ankit Jain, Mohammad Ryyan Khan, Mohammad Ryyan Khan
BioSensorLab is a tool to evaluate and predict the performance parameters of Biosensors.
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BME 695N: Engineering Nanomedical Systems (Fall 2007)
Courses | 03 Aug 2007 | Contributor(s):: James Leary
This course will cover the basic concepts of design of integrated nanomedical systems for diagnostics and therapeutics. Topics to be covered include: why nanomedical approaches are needed, cell targeting strategies, choice of core nanomaterials, technologies for testing composition and...
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An Introduction to BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology
Courses | 07 Feb 2005 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir
This lecture series introduces the basic concepts and key topics underlying the interdisciplinary areas of BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. Advances in this field require the knowledge of polymer processing and soft lithography in addition to knowledge of silicon-inspired fabrication. Since the...
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nanoHUB-U: Biological Engineering - Cellular Design Principles
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20 Dec 2016
Explore established and emerging cellular design principles and learn how cells function as the basis for cellular engineering.
https://nanohub.org/courses/BIOD
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nanoHUB-U: Introduction to Bioelectricity (2015)
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28 Oct 2013
This course will use fundamental engineering and mathematical tools to understand and analyze basic bioelectricity and circuit theory in the context of the mammalian nervous system. The latest...
https://nanohub.org/courses/BIOELEC
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nanoHUB-U: Principles of Electronic Nanobiosensors
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13 Sep 2013
A five week course distilling the principles and physics of electronic nanobiosensors.
https://nanohub.org/courses/PEN