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5.95J / 6.982J / 7.59J / 8.395J / 18.094J / 1.95J / 2.978J Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, Fall 2012
(2012-12)
This participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. This course is designed for graduate students interested in an academic career, and anyone ...
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 ...
7.016 Introductory Biology, Fall 2014
(2014-12)
7.016 Introductory Biology provides an introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics for understanding the functions of living systems. Taught for the first time in Fall 2013, this ...
7.345 The Science of Sperm, Fall 2014
(2014-12)
Sperm are tiny, haploid cells with a supremely important job: They deliver the paternal genome to the egg, helping create a zygote that develops into a new individual. For a human male, however, only a small fraction of ...
7.345 Survival in Extreme Conditions: The Bacterial Stress Response, Fall 2010
(2010-12)
Bacteria survive in almost all environments on Earth, including some considered extremely harsh. From the steaming hot springs of Yellowstone to the frozen tundra of the arctic to the barren deserts of Chile, microbes have ...
7.341 Host Hacking: Parasitic Manipulations from a Micro- to a Macroscopic Scale, Fall 2016
(2016-12)
Parasites require a hospitable organism to reproduce and spread and have evolved multiple strategies to subvert their hosts. Parasites scavenge nutrients directly from host cells, evade the host immune system and even ...
7.341 Designer Immunity: Lessons in Engineering the Immune System, Spring 2014
(2014-06)
The immune system is one of the most complex and powerful of human body systems. It is highly dynamic and flexible, yet strictly regulates homeostasis and protects our bodies from both foreign and self-derived challenges. ...
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 ...
7.340 Regenerative Medicine: from Bench to Bedside, Spring 2010
(2010-06)
Regenerative medicine involves the repair and regeneration of tissues for therapeutic purposes, such as replacing bone marrow in leukemia, cartilage in osteoarthritis or cells of the heart after a heart attack. In this ...
7.346 Fine-Tuning the Synapse: Synaptic Functions and Dysfunction, Fall 2014
(2014-12)
The synapse is the fundamental element by which neurons transmit, receive and transform information in the brain. Synapses are functionally diverse, and a single neuron in the brain receives up to 10,000 synapses. Given ...