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BIOE 10N: Form and Function of Animal Skeletons (ME 10N)

Preference to freshmen. The biomechanics and mechanobiology of the musculoskeletal system in human beings and other vertebrates on the level of the whole organism, organ systems, tissues, and cell biology. Field trips to labs.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

BIOE 41: Physical Biology of Macromolecules

Principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics, with applications to molecular biology. Topics include entropy, temperature, free energy, chemical forces, self assembly, cooperative transitions in macromolecules, enzyme kinetics, molecular machines, and an introduction to genomic and proteomic technologies. Corequisite: BIO 41.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Quake, S.

BIOE 42: Physical Biology of Cells

Principles of transport, continuum mechanics, and fluids, with applications to cell biology. Topics include random walks, diffusion, Langevin dynamics, transport theory, low Reynolds number flow, and beam theory, with applications including quantitative models of protein trafficking in the cell, mechanics of the cell cytoskeleton, the effects of molecular noise in development, the electromagnetics of nerve impulses, and an introduction to cardiovascular fluid flow. Concurrent enrollment in BIO 42 is required.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Huang, K.

BIOE 44: Synthetic Biology Lab

Introduction to next-generation techniques in genetic, molecular, biochemical, and cellular engineering. Lab modules build upon current research including: gene and genome engineering via decoupled design and construction of genetic material; component engineering focusing on molecular design and quantitative analysis of experiments; device and system engineering using abstracted genetically encoded objects; and product development based on useful applications of biological technologies. Limited enrollment. Priority given to majors.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: , .; Endy, A.

BIOE 70Q: Medical Device Innovation

Preference to sophomores. Commonly used medical devices in different medical specialties. Guest lecturers include Stanford Medical School physicians, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. How to identify clinical needs and design device solutions to address these needs. Fundamentals of starting a company. Field trips to local medical device companies; workshops. No previous engineering training required.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Mandato, J.

BIOE 80: Introduction to Bioengineering (ENGR 80)

Overview of biological engineering focused on engineering analysis and design of biological processes. Topics include overall material and energy balances, rates of biochemical reactions and processes, genetic programming of biological systems, links between information and function, and technologies to probe and manipulate biological systems. Applications of these concepts to areas of current technological importance, including biotechnology, biosynthesis, molecular/cellular therapeutics, and personalized medicine and gene therapy.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Smolke, C.

BIOE 144: Lectures and Dialogue on Synthetic Biology

New foundational tools that are making biology easier to engineer. Topics include DNA synthesis, RNA, protein, and cellular engineering, programmed pattern formation, standardization, and abstraction. Current and future applications of biotechnology. Social issues such as ethics, safety, security, and ownership, sharing, and innovation frameworks. All majors welcome; optional weekly background tutorial.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

BIOE 191: Bioengineering Problems and Experimental Investigation

Directed study and research for undergraduates on a subject of mutual interest to student and instructor. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and adviser. (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-5 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Ltr-CR/NC
Instructors: Altman, R.; Bammer, R.; Barron, A.; Boahen, K.; Br... more instructors for BIOE 191 »
Instructors: Altman, R.; Bammer, R.; Barron, A.; Boahen, K.; Bryant, Z.; Butte, A.; Carter, D.; Cochran, J.; Covert, M.; Deisseroth, K.; Delp, S.; Endy, A.; Fahrig, R.; Gambhir, S.; Gold, G.; Goodman, S.; Heilshorn, S.; Huang, K.; Jacobs, C.; Kovacs, G.; Levenston, M.; Levin, C.; Lin, M.; Longaker, M.; Moore, T.; Pauly, K.; Pelc, N.; Quake, S.; Riedel-Kruse, H.; Sanger, T.; Scott, M.; Shenoy, K.; Smolke, C.; Spielman, D.; Swartz, J.; Taylor, C.; Yang, F.; Yock, P.; Zenios, S.; , .

BIOE 212: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Research Methodology (BIOMEDIN 212, CS 272, GENE 212)

Hands-on software building. Student teams conceive, design, specify, implement, evaluate, and report on a software project in the domain of biomedicine. Creating written proposals, peer review, providing status reports, and preparing final reports. Guest lectures from professional biomedical informatics systems builders on issues related to the process of project management. Software engineering basics. Prerequisites: BIOMEDIN 210, 211, 214, 217 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)
Instructors: Altman, R.; Cheng, B.; Klein, T.

BIOE 214: Representations and Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology (BIOMEDIN 214, CS 274, GENE 214)

Topics: introduction to bioinformatics and computational biology, algorithms for alignment of biological sequences and structures, computing with strings, phylogenetic tree construction, hidden Markov models, Gibbs Sampling, basic structural computations on proteins, protein structure prediction, protein threading techniques, homology modeling, molecular dynamics and energy minimization, statistical analysis of 3D biological data, integration of data sources, knowledge representation and controlled terminologies for molecular biology, microarray analysis, machine learning (clustering and classification), and natural language text processing. Prerequisites: programming ski... more description for BIOE 214 »
Topics: introduction to bioinformatics and computational biology, algorithms for alignment of biological sequences and structures, computing with strings, phylogenetic tree construction, hidden Markov models, Gibbs Sampling, basic structural computations on proteins, protein structure prediction, protein threading techniques, homology modeling, molecular dynamics and energy minimization, statistical analysis of 3D biological data, integration of data sources, knowledge representation and controlled terminologies for molecular biology, microarray analysis, machine learning (clustering and classification), and natural language text processing. Prerequisites: programming skills; consent of instructor for 3 units.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4 | Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)
Instructors: Altman, R.
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