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7.342 Cell-material Crosstalk: Engineering Cell-Instructive Biomaterials, Fall 2013
(2013-12)Biomaterials are substances that have been designed to direct the course of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure by controlling interactions with biological systems. A large toolbox of non-biological materials has been ... -
7.342 Chronic Infection and Inflammation: What are the Consequences on Your Health?, Fall 2007
(2007-12)In this course we will explore the new emerging field of pathogen-induced chronic diseases. Work in this field has redefined the causes of some major disorders, such as ulcers. By reading the primary research literature ... -
7.342 Developmental and Molecular Biology of Regeneration, Spring 2008
(2008-06)How does a regenerating animal "know" what's missing? How are stem cells or differentiated cells used to create new tissues during regeneration? In this class we will take a comparative approach to explore this ... -
7.342 G-Protein Coupled Receptors: Vision and Disease, Spring 2007
(2007-06)How do we communicate with the outside world? How are our senses of vision, smell, taste and pain controlled at the cellular and molecular levels? What causes medical conditions like allergies, hypertension, depression, ... -
7.342 Personal Genomics and Medicine: What's in Your Genome?, Spring 2014
(2014-06)Human genome sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of disease susceptibility, drug metabolism and human ancestry. This course will explore how these advances have been made possible by revolutionary new sequencing ... -
7.342 Pluripotent Stem Cells and Genome Engineering for Modeling Human Diseases, Spring 2015
(2015-06)One of the major priorities in biomedical research is understanding the molecular events that establish the complex processes involved in human development and the relationships of these processes to human disease and ... -
7.342 Powerhouse Rules: The Role of Mitochondria in Human Diseases, Spring 2011
(2011-06)The primary role of mitochondria is to produce 90% of a cell's energy in the form of ATP through a process called oxidative phosphorylation. A variety of clinical disorders have been shown to include "mitochondrial ... -
7.342 Reading the Blueprint of Life: Transcription, Stem Cells and Differentiation, Fall 2006
(2006-12)In this course, we will address how transcriptional regulators both prohibit and drive differentiation during the course of development. How does a stem cell know when to remain a stem cell and when to become a specific ... -
7.342 Sweet Discoveries: Unraveling the Complex World of Sugars in Health and Disease, Fall 2014
(2014-12)Glycans, which are complex assemblies of sugars, are the most prevalent class of macromolecules, surpassing nucleic acids, proteins and lipids. Glycans are essential for life, as they are a required energy source, provide ... -
7.342 Systems and Synthetic Biology: How the Cell Solves Problems, Fall 2010
(2010-12)A millennial challenge in biology is to decipher how vast arrays of molecular interactions inside the cell work in concert to produce a cellular function. Systems biology, a new interdisciplinary field of science, brings ... -
7.342 Systems Biology: Stochastic Processes and Biological Robustness, Fall 2008
(2008-12)In this seminar, we will discuss some of the main themes that have arisen in the field of systems biology, including the concepts of robustness, stochastic cell-to-cell variability, and the evolution of molecular interactions ... -
7.342 The Biology of Aging: Age-Related Diseases and Interventions, Fall 2011
(2011-12)Aging involves an intrinsic and progressive decline in function that eventually will affect us all. While everyone is familiar with aging, many basic questions about aging are mysterious. Why are older people more likely ... -
7.342 The RNA Revolution: At the Frontiers of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Fall 2016
(2016-12)In this course, we will investigate the diverse types and functions of different RNA species, with a focus on "non-coding RNAs," i.e. those that do not directly encode proteins. The course will convey both the ... -
7.342 The X in Sex: A Genetic, Medical, and Evolutionary View of the X Chromosome, Fall 2009
(2009-12)This course will explore a diverse collection of striking biological phenomena associated with the X chromosome. We will examine the genetic basis and significance of several X-linked mutations. We will also discuss why ... -
7.342 To Divide or Not To Divide: Control of Cell Cycle and Growth by Extracellular Cues, Fall 2012
(2012-12)Cells, regardless of whether they are in an organ in the human body or a component of a bacterial colony, can sense the chemical composition of the environment, the presence of neighboring cells, and even the types of their ... -
7.343 A Love-Hate Relationship: Cholesterol in Health and Disease, Fall 2005
(2005-12)In this class, we will examine cholesterol's role in the cell and in the body as a whole, from its function as a structural component of the membrane to its function in signaling. We will discuss mechanisms of cholesterol ... -
7.343 An RNA Safari: Exploring the Surprising Diversity of Mammalian Transcriptomes, Spring 2016
(2016-06)The aim of this class is to introduce the exciting and often under appreciated discoveries in RNA biology by exploring the diversity of RNAs—encompassing classical molecules such as ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), transfer ... -
7.343 Biological Bases of Learning and Memory, Spring 2014
(2014-06)How does the brain come to learn whether a stimulus is annoying, rewarding or neutral? How does remembering how to ride a bicycle differ from remembering scenes from a movie? In this course, students will explore the concept ... -
7.343 Network Medicine: Using Systems Biology and Signaling Networks to Create Novel Cancer Therapeutics, Fall 2012
(2012-12)In this course, we will survey the primary systems biology literature, particularly as it pertains to understanding and treating various forms of cancer. We will consider various computational and experimental techniques ... -
7.343 Neuron-glial Cell Interactions in Biology and Disease, Spring 2007
(2007-06)The main goal of this seminar will be to study the nervous system from the perspective of neuron-glia interactions. In each class, we will focus on one type of glial cell and discuss its origin, classification and function ...