List of lectures
This list is preliminary; Minor adjustment will be posted here.
| Date | Title | Section |
|---|---|---|
Lecture 1 |
Course overview; Universal properties of cells |
Introduction |
Lecture 2 |
Structural and functional organization of eukaryotic cells; Evolution |
Introduction |
| Lecture 3 | Structure and dynamics of molecules (I) | Physical and chemical background |
| Lecture 4 | Structure and dynamics of molecules (II) | Physical and chemical background |
| Lecture 5 | Methods in cell biology | Physical and chemical background |
Lecture 6 |
Thermal force and diffusion |
Physical and chemical background |
| Lecture 7 | Cytoskeletal filaments; Cytoskeleton | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Lecture 8 | Molecule Motors; Cellular motility |
Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Lecture 9 | Polymer mechanics | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Lecture 10 | Literature reading/review | |
| Lecture 11 | Chromatin & chromosomes | Chromatin, chromosomes and cell nucleus |
| Lecture 12 | Nuclear structure and dynamics (Invited lecture, Dr. Kris Dahl) | Chromatin, chromosomes and cell nucleus |
| Lecture 13 | Gene expression I: From DNA to RNA | From gene to protein |
| Lecture 14 | Gene expressionII: From RNA to protein | From gene to protein |
| Lecture 15 | Quantitative analysis and modeling of gene expression | From gene to protein |
| Lecture 16 | Literature reading/review | |
| Lecture 17 | Cell signaling I: receptors, transduction proteins | Cell signaling |
| Lecture 18 | Cell signaling II: secondary messengers, signal integration | Cell signaling |
| Lecture 19 | Modeling and analysis of cell signaling networks | Cell signaling |
| Lecture 20 | Overview of cell cycle; Cell cycle regulation | Cell cycle and mechanics of cell division |
Lecture 21 |
Literature reading/review |
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| Lecture 22 | Quantitative modeling and analysis of cell cycle (I); Cancer (I) | Cell cycle and mechanics of cell division |
Lecture 23 |
Quantitative modeling and analysis of cell cycle (II); Cancer (II) |
Cell cycle and mechanics of cell division |
Lecture 24 |
Large scale analysis of protein interactions; Synthetic biology |
New frontiers in cell biolgy |
Lecture 25 |
Advanced live cell imaging (invited lecture, Dr. Yu-li Wang) |
New frontiers in cell biology |
Lecture 26 |
Synthetic biology I. |
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| Lecture 27 | Synthetic biology II. |