• Duración:
    7 semanas
  • Dedicación:
    2–3 horas por semana
  • Precio:

    GRATIS
    Agregar un Certificado Verificado por $49 USD

  • Institución
    PurdueX
  • Tema:
    Ingeniería
  • Nivel:
    Intermediate
  • Idioma:
    English
  • Transcripción de video:
    English
  • Tipo de curso:
    Al ritmo del instructor

Prerrequisitos

  • A basic knowledge in cell biology and math up to calculus and differential equations
  • Anyone with knowledge of undergraduate engineering or science could successfully take the course

Sobre este curso

Omitir Sobre este curso

Living cells have unique functions that can be harnessed by engineers to tackle human problems in energy, water, food, and health.

Historically living cells were considered too difficult to predictably engineer because of their complexity, vulnerability, and continuous change in state. The elucidation of the design principles that underlie cell function along with increasing numbers of examples of hybrid cell based devices are slowly erasing that notion.

In this class you will be learn about these established and emerging cellular design principles and begin to view cells as machines. This knowledge can also then be applied to non-living devices that mimic and communicate with cells. You will also be introduced to current and emerging living/non-living biohybrid devices such as biohybrid robots and neural implants.

Lo que aprenderás

Omitir Lo que aprenderás
  • How fundamental engineering principles apply to living cells.
  • What engineering principles can tells us about how cells function.
  • Established and emerging, equations, models, and design curves that can be used to tune, re-engineer, or build new cells.
  • A framework for measuring and controlling cells as microdevices.
  • An introduction to emerging biohybrid devices.

Plan de estudios

Omitir Plan de estudios

Module 1: Introduction

  • Cells by the Numbers
  • Cell as a Machine
  • Bioinspiration: The Photoreceptor as an organic microdevice

Module 2: Cell Architecture

  • Cell & Organelle Size
  • Organelle Number
  • Biological Networks

Module 3: Gene Expression & Circuits

  • Intro to Transcription Networks
  • Simple Model of Gene Expression
  • Protein Half Lives
  • Autoregulation
  • Feedforward Loops 

Module 4: Cell Dynamics

  • Basic Tools for Nonlinear Dynamics of Cells
  • Gene switches
  • Biological Oscillations

Module 5: Cellular Devices

  • Intro to Living Biohybrids
  • Cell Device Biointerface
  • Cells as Sensors
  • Cells as Actuators
  • Cell - Device Integration

Module 6:  The Future

  • Synthetic Life
  • Applications of Biohybrids
  • Ethics and Society

Conoce a tus instructores

Purdue University
Jenna Rickus
Professor of Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
James Nolan
Research Assistant / TA
Purdue University

Obtén un Certificado Verificado para destacar los conocimientos y las habilidades que adquieras
$49 USD

Ver un modelo de certificado de edX en PDF

  • Oficial y verificado

    Obtén un certificado con la firma del instructor y el logotipo de la institución para demostrar tus logros y aumentar las posibilidades de conseguir trabajo

  • Fácil de compartir

    Agrega el certificado a tu currículum o publícalo directamente en LinkedIn

  • Incentivo comprobado

    El certificado te da un motivo más para completar el curso

  • Apoya nuestra labor

    edX, una organización sin fines de lucro, se sustenta con los certificados verificados para financiar la educación gratuita para todo el mundo