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Introductory Biochemistry
This course designed to give students a basic understanding of biosynthesis of cellular components including such topics as replication gene expression, protein synthesis as well as a discussion of nature and catalytic mechanism of enzymes, and biosynthesis and degradation of various biomolecules.
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Introductory Molecular Biology
Introductory Molecular Biology is a research field which explores life phenomena at the molecular level. It tries to understand and characterize the gene expression, regulation of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, protein synthesis, RNA processing, and the mechanism of the flow of genetic information.
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Experimental Animals
Basic animal handling methods, anaesthesis of animals, behavior testing using animals are covered as well as animal model research topics. Moreover, the basics of making transgenic animals, such as basic molecular biology, embryology and genetics will be provided. Also, the techniques related to the production of transgenic animals such as pronuclear injection, nuclear transfer, gene editing, embryonic stem cell biology and the application of transgenic animals in biological and medical science will be provided.
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Biomedical Science
This course provide a background for a more in-depth analysis of nervous system functions and clinical disorders. Having provided the student with a basic understanding of the gross anatomy and general functions of the brain and spinal cord, this course then introduces a series of topics designed to provide an understanding of the basic elements of the nervous system and the role they play in neuronal communication.
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Introduction to Cell Biology
This course helps students to obtain basic knowledges of cell biology covering the constituents, structures, and biological mechanisms of cell. So those who study in this course will have a broad concept for understanding the cell unit, a major component of all living things.
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Introductory Biochemistry Lab.
Students are expected to comprehend the chemical basis of the constituents of living organisms, and to understand metabolism, biological catalysis by enzyme and biosynthesis from the aspect of physical chemistry.
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Introduction to Animal Biology
Lecture emphasize basic principles in animal biology including scientific inquiry, cell biology, genetics, evolution, and diversity in animal anatomy and physiology.
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Introduction to Plant Biology
In this lecture students can learn about the structure, physiology, reproduction and ecology of plants as a basis for an understanding of broader principles of plant sciences as well as the relation of plants to human life. Includes a survey of the important groups throughout the plant kingdom.
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Introduction to Ecology
This lecture let you know the basic concept and principles of ecosystem. You can learn and get an ability to solve the problem and to make the counterplan against destruction of ecosystem.
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Genetics
The purpose of this lecture is to study the genetic phenomena which is one of the most important field in biology mechanisms. You can study about the nature and the characteristics of genes, and about the mechanism of gene expression.
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Animal Anatomy and Lab.
In this course we will study the anatomy of vertebrates. We will comparatively study the different organs and structures that make vertebrates differ from one another. There differences are correlated with unique adaptations of the different vertebrate groups and are the result of evolution. Consequently, our guiding approach will be the analysis of the evolutionary morphology of vertebrates.
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Plant Morphology and Lab.
This lecture will study external and internal morphology observed in vegetative and reproductive organs, and diverse types of tissues in the course of functional specialization. Also, this lecture will enhance the understanding of the students for the functional diversity related with the morphological characteristics of leaf, root, stem, fruit, and seed through experiments.
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Introduction to Microbiology
This is a beginning course in the study of microorganisms, a large and diverse group of microscopic organisms that exist as single cell or cell clusters. Students will study the history of microbiology, the general principles of cell structure and function, biochemical processes in cells, and the genetic basis of microbial growth and evolution. The goal of this course is to give students a basic understanding of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, how they live, and the effect they have on our lives. Students will study the experimental basis of microbiology, the classification and diversity of microorganisms, and the ecological activities of microorganisms in nature.
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Introduction to Microbiology Lab.
Intensive laboratory exercises will stress fundamentals of compound light microscopy, aseptic techniques, media preparation, many simple and differential staining procedures, pure culture methods, and isolation techniques.
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Life Sciences and English
This course is for the students who want to develop a better understanding of the original textbook in the field of life sciences and to improve their personal reading and writing skills in English.
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Microbial Physiology
As a pivotal course in the field of microbiology, this course aims to help students to perceive concepts of principle of life phenomena. This course covers main aspects of microbial growth, energy and biosynthesis pathways, metabolic regulation and integrated pathways into a coherent system. Also emphasis on physiological diversity and global control systems govern adaptation of microorganisms to environmental changes.
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Experiment in Microbial Physiology
Students will obtain a good understanding of laboratory practices in microbial physiology and taxonomy. Lab topics will include aseptic technique, bacterial and fungal isolation methodology, antibiotic sensitivity testing, various biochemical tests, identification of microorganism using a wide variety of diagnostic procedures.
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Computer for Life Sciences and Lab
This Class will provide students with an overview of computer science and its applications to life sciences. Specific areas and topics that will be discussed include understanding computer, basic principles of bioinformatics, nucleotide and protein sequence databases, homology search, and multiple sequence alignment.
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Experiment in Systems Microbiology
This course is a basic introductory course in systems Microbiology designed to provide students with
1) A background knowledge of how microorganisms interact with complex environment and ways by which their cellular metabolism can be controlled.
2) Fundamental technical skills for general use in handling and observing the cellular mechanisms of microorganisms.
3) A basis for further microbiological studies.
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Synthetic Biology
This class will provide students with an overview of one of integrative biological sciences, synthetic biology. Synthetic Biology is focused on the intentional design of artificial biological systems, rather than on the understanding of natural biology. It builds on our current understanding while simplifying some of the complex interactions characteristic of natural biology. Specific areas and topics that will be discussed include gene synthesis, BioBricks, genome synthesis, artificial membrane, and applications of synthetic biology (e.g., drug discovery, bioenergy, biosensor, bioterror/biodefense).
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Bioinformatics
Computers have revolutionized modern biological research, by providing biologists with the means to manage and analyze the large amounts of data generated through high-throughput experiments. This course provides a practical introduction to the main algorithms, databases, and tools used in bioinformatics, at the same time providing insight into the biological problems being addressed. The course will cover public databases such as Genbank and PDB, software tools such as BLAST, and their underlying theory and algorithms. Students will learn to perform a number of useful tasks in analyzing sequence data and managing bioinformatic databases using java/biojava programming language.
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Microbial Metabolic Biochemistry
Complex metabolic networks result in unique life phenomena of microorganisms. In the class of metabolic biochemistry, students will study microbial metabolisms by analyzing representative metabolic pathways in microbial cells. Basic knowledges of organic chemistry, thermodynamics, and enzymology obtained in the microbial enzyme chemistry will be applied.
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Detection of Microorganisms
This course presents the traditional and the latest detection methods for microorganisms and viruses that exist in environment and food causing food poisoning, and that can be used by bio-terrorism.
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Experiment in Environmental and Industrial Microbiology
This experimental program provides student with practical skills for isolation of useful microorganisms from various environments. With this course, trainee will learn a method of culture using fermenter, and how to mate, sporulate, and other molecular biological methods of yeast.
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Microbial Ecology and Cycle of Matters
This course deals with the principles of microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycling. Students will learn the role that microbes play or have played in a number of fundamental geological process and global cycle of nutrients.
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Environmental Microbiology
The main goals of this course are to present an overview of the important microbes involved in environmental microbiology, to discuss the environments where they are found, to learn how they are detected and monitored, and to describe their effects on humans.
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Bacteriology
Bacteriologics, which is one of major field of various aspects of Microbiology, is dealt with a various kind of procaryote including Eubacteria and Archaea occurring in vast natural habitats.
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Microbial Genomics Engineering
The main goal of this lecture is to understand how to manipulate bacteria in the level of the gene as well as the genome. The main topics of the lecture are the basic principles and applications of genetic engineering, introductory microbial genomics, and the basic principles and applications of genome engineering.
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Systems metabolic engineering
The purpose of this course is to offer an introduction to the principles and methodology of metabolic engineering with the integration and regulation of microbial metabolism by using systems biological approaches. We will cover mathematical and experimental techniques for the quantitative description, modeling, control, and design of metabolic pathways. In addition, the course aims to introduce the students on the field of metabolic engineering and give the students insight in how the technology can be used in the Bio-industry processes.
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Biomaterials
Biomaterials are materials that have been developed to interact with patho-physiological systems for a medical purpose such as therapeutic or diagnostic one. It can be derived either from nature or synthesized in the laboratory and often used and adapted for a medical application. It has been widely applied to the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field. Biomaterials science encompasses elements of medicine, biology, chemistry, tissue engineering and materials science.
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Genomics and Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine is one field of translational research in tissue engineering and molecular biology. It deals with the repairing, engineering or regenerating damaged human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function.
It includes stem cell biology, applications of biomaterials. Genetic manipulations of stem cells or genetic engineered biomaterials can be adapted to enhance therapeutic efficacy.
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Practical microbiology
Practical microbiology aims to help students majoring in microbiology to find future positions by inviting experts working at microbiology-related institutes and giving the students useful information about practical application of microbiology and job information.
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Experiment in Cell culture and virology
Laboratory exercises are designed to give students useful skills in working with bacteria and viruses in natural environment. Students will learn how to isolate, enumerate, and confirm a variety of microorganisms.
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Virology
Students will be acquainted with 1) basic structure and replication mechanisms of viruses, 2) virus-host interactions including pathogenesis, and 3) the current knowledge on the control of viral diseases.
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Microbial Diversity
The goal of this course is a comprehensive overview of microbial diversity, an understanding of bacteria as a group. Topics to be covered in addition to microbial diversity include phylogeny and taxonomy of microbes based on analysis of phenotypic characteristics and DNA sequences, and the ability of species to adapt to extreme environments.
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Molecular Microbial Biotechnology
This course covers the biochemistry, molecular biology, and recombinant DNA technology behind biotechnological processes, particularly those involving microorganisms.
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Pathogenic Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens have evolved a wide variety of mechanisms to establish themselves in the host and gain nutrients, subsequently causing host cell damage and disease. This course deals with basic concept of pathogenic microbiology with emphasis on medically important microorganisms, focusing bacterial pathogens causing various infectious diseases, the mechanism of host defense against infectious agents, preventive measures, and control the infectious agents with antimicrobial agents.
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Practice in Microbiology
This course is required for undergraduate students preparing for a graduation thesis. Students choose a topic in the field of microbiology and present experimental results obtained from their research projects. Students will be exposed to scientific writing through data analysis and manuscript writing.
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Special Topics in Microbiology
This course will cover in depth topics related to current research in the fields of microbiology. Topics will be selected from traditional and transecting disciplines such as bacteriology, virology, microbial genetics, and molecular biology. Each topic will be addressed in formal lectures given by faculty, and through the presentation and discussion of relevant literature by students.
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Special Topics in Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology builds on the advances in molecular, cell, and systems biology and seeks to transform biology in the same way that synthesis transformed chemistry and integrated circuit design transformed computing. In the part of "Special Topics in Synthetic Biology", we focus on the design and construction of Microbial essencial components (parts of enzymes, genetic circuits, core metabolic pathways, etc.) that can be modeled, understood, and tuned to meet specific performance criteria, and the assembly of these smaller parts and devices into larger integrated systems that solve specific problems.
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Internship I
Incubate with the major skills learned in school and the ability to adapt industrial technology combining field and establishing an organic relationship between the school and the local co-op industry.
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Internship II
Incubate with the major skills learned in school and the ability to adapt industrial technology combining field and establishing an organic relationship between the school and the local co-op industry.
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Internship III
Incubate with the major skills learned in school and the ability to adapt industrial technology combining field and establishing an organic relationship between the school and the local co-op industry.
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Internship IV
Incubate with the major skills learned in school and the ability to adapt industrial technology combining field and establishing an organic relationship between the school and the local co-op industry.
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The Future of Biomedical Industry
The contents of this class contain biomedical and molecular biological mechanism related to various disease status and their progress. To improve therapeutic efficacy, understanding the structure and characteristics of bioactive components derived from microbes, plant, and animals is required. Especially, getting more infomation related to drug development, disease diagnosis, isolation of bioactive component also need to be included.