Give an introduction to the elements of necessary biology to understand techniques and instrumentation used in the field of biomedical instrumentation and engineering
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| Written exam: | 90 | % | Project submission: | 10 | % |
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| Type of teaching activity | Content, sequencing and organisation |
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| Course | Introduction to biology (3h) : Biomolecules, Protein structure and function. |
| Course | Elements of eukaryotic cells (6h) : Transcription/translation/plasma membrane, Cytoskeleton/energy/replication/transport. |
| Course | Cells Types and tissue organization (9h) : structure of tissue, cell signaling, cell types (neurons, epithelial cells, connective tissue, muscle cells, immune system), cancer. |
| Lab | Cell biology and microscopy (12h) : Tissue culture basics, fluorescent imaging, organelle imaging, transfection/electroporation, live-cell measurement of Ca²+ ions, membrane potential and cell viability. |