BME 50A Cell and Molecular Engineering (2011-2012)
BME 50A Cell and Molecular Engineering
BME 50A Cell and Molecular Engineering (Credit Units: 4) Physiological function from a cellular, molecular, and biophysical perspective. Applications to bioengineering design. (Design units: 2)
Class notes posted on course website: http://eee.uci.edu.
1. Fundamental understanding of biochemistry and molecular biology. (BME-a)
2. Principles of experimental design, analysis, and interpretation. (BME-b)
3. Engineering and design of measurement tools for biochemistry and molecular biology. (BME-c)
4. Introductory bioethics. (BME-f)
5. Medical and economic ramifications of biotechnology. (BME-h)
6. Familiarity with relevant engineering journals and societies. (BME-i)
7. Introduction to proteomics, high-throughput screening. (BME-j)
8. Ability to solve quantitative problems related to biochemistry and molecular biology. (BME-k)
Calculus, general chemistry and physics.
- Introduction to cells, microscopy, chemical components of cells
- Energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis
- Protein structure and function
- DNA and chromosomes
- DNA replication
- Repair and recombination
- From DNA to proteins
- Control of gene expression, how genes and genomes evolve
Meets for 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion each week for 10 weeks.
Web/e-mail access
None.
Contributes toward the Biomedical Engineering Topics and Major Design experience.
Lectures cover the principles of experimental design, analysis, and interpretation; reinforced in homework. Introduction to constraint-based design in biological measurement tools.
- Homework: 30%
- Midterm: 30%
- Final: 40%
- Total: 100%
Mathematics and Basic Science: 1.5 credit units
Computing: 0.0 credit units
Engineering Topics: 2.5 credit units
Engineering Science: 0.5 credit units
Engineering Design: 2.0 credit units