Trends in Biomedical Science - Lecture 1
Introduction to Trends in Biomedical Science
Lecturer: Colin Browne
Office: 7318
E-mail: colinbrowne@hallym.ac.kr
Subject page:
web.hallym.ac.kr/~colinbrowne/Trends Biomedical 2014.htm
Office hours for students: 월 10 화 7,10 수 5,8, 목 5,6
Office phone: 2157
Course objectives:
1. This course lets you listen to English lectures about
topics in biomedical science.
2. This course also studies trends in biomedical science.
Teaching methods:
1. There will be 3 hours of class time per week.
2. The content will be delivered by lecture.
3. There will be activities to practice English reading and
listening skills, especially for increasing vocabulary.
4. Course requirements consist of class attendance, classroom
tests, a midterm and final exam.
A. Most exam and classroom test questions will be multiple choice
or fill the gap type questions.
B. We will practice the question types in class.
5. I want you to understand all of the content of the course, so,
if you get a low grade on a classroom test, you may do a
similar test (a retest) to improve your grade.
6. You must send an email to arrange a time.
A. Include your name, subject, and time in the email.
B. The time should be within the office hours for students (see above).
C. The time should be within ten days of getting your grade. Don’t wait.
7. If you get a low grade on the retest, you may do another retest to
improve your grade.
A. Your first retest grade has to be better than the first classroom test grade.
That means you have to show improvement.
B. The other conditions about the time for the next retest are the same: send
an email to arrange a time within office hours and within ten days of getting
your grade.
C. You can retest as many times as you want to if your grade is improving
each time.
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Course objectives (Second Review):
1. This course lets you listen to English lectures about topics in
biomedical science.
2. This course also studies trends in biomedical science.
Teaching methods:
1. There will be 3 hours of class time per week.
2. The content will be delivered by lecture.
3. There will be activities to practice English reading and listening skills,
especially for increasing vocabulary.
4. Course requirements consist of class attendance, classroom tests, a
midterm and final exam.
a. Most exam and classroom test questions will be multiple choice or
fill the gap type questions.
b. We will practice the question types in class.
5. I want you to understand all of the content of the course, so, if you get a
low grade on a classroom test, you may do a similar test (a retest) to
improve your grade.
a. You must send an email to arrange a time.
i. Include your name, subject, and time in the email.
ii. The time should be within the office hours for students (see
above).
iii. The time should be within ten days of getting your grade.
Don’t wait.
6. If you get a low grade on the retest, you may do another retest to improve
your grade.
i. Your first retest grade has to be better than the first classroom
test grade. That means you have to show improvement.
ii. The other conditions about the time for the next retest are the
same: send an email to arrange a time within office hours and
within ten days of getting your grade.
7. You can retest as many times as you want to if your grade is
improving each time.
Retest policy and class behavior.
1. Study and prepare to get to a high level.
2. If you do not get a high score on the first test, then I can give you a chance to
retest.
3. Score will be determined by the average of the first classroom test and the
highest score.
TRY TO GET A HIGH SCORE THE FIRST TIME YOU TAKE A TEST.
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No mobile phone use in class, unless there is a class activity.
Using a phone in class, in the first case, will result in the student being restricted to only
one retest, and the formula for the score calculated from ((2x First score ) + (Second
score) ) / 3.
Use of a phone in class, in the second case, will result in the student not being able to
have a retest.
Concentrate to understand what the lecturer is saying. Concentrate on classroom
activities.
Sit close enough to the front of the room so you can hear and understand what
the teacher is saying.
Your test will be timed and your retest can only be done within that time. This means if
you finish the test in 10 minutes then you will only have 10 minutes for the retest.
You cannot test the same test 2 times within 7 days.
All retesting will be finished by the time of the final exam. There will be no retesting after
the final exam.
ALSO: please use your Hallym email account when arranging for a retest.
Learning the words
There are many words to learn in this course.
Even if you ware an English speaker there are still many words.
I have some ways of helping you
with those words.
Memrise
Memrise is a learning program
which is a little different, and
some fun.
Go to this webpage at
www.memrise.com
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Scroll down and you can see where you can
download a mobile app.
You need to sign up.
When you sign up, please use BS and your
Student ID as a Username.
So if you Student ID is 20119876, then use the
Username of BS20119876.
Then put in your Hallym email address.
Choose any easily remembered password.
Agree to the terms of use.
Then press Sign up
After you have signed up you can enter
a course.
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Content:
General:
The understanding of life science at the cellular and molecular levels is
increasing in all areas, including molecular biology, biochemistry,
microbiology, molecular genetics, cell biology, immunology, and virology.
Other areas of medical and life science are also advancing, areas such as:
general and behavioral genetics; developmental biology; epidemiology;
pharmacology, including psychopharmacology; endocrinology, including
neuroendocrinology; and neuroscience.
We can also see rapid development in areas like stem cell biology, animal cloning,
genomics, proteomics, tissue engineering, animal testing, imaging, human
experimentation, bioinformatics, and other biomedical technologies.
Together these disciplines are being used to solve problems of preventive
medicine, behavioral health, cancer, diseases of aging, diabetes,
translational research, and many other areas of medicine.
Our focus:
We cannot study all of these things.
We will focus on the brain and nervous system, and we will look at the
development of the nervous system, and some diseases of this system. This
way we can see how cells and people learn, how long term changes can
happen in cells, how some changes can be inherited, and how to study some
diseases, their causes and possible treatments.
The study will include findings and applications of molecular biology,
biotechnological research, bioinformatics, cell biology and more.
Understanding cell biology, molecular and biochemical biology, and the
development of tools to study these, can help us solve biomedical problems.
Vocabulary 2 Break
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Content:
General:
The understanding of life science at the cellular and molecular levels is
increasing in all areas, including molecular biology, biochemistry,
microbiology, molecular genetics, cell biology, immunology, and virology.
Other areas of medical and life science are also advancing, areas such as:
general and behavioral genetics; developmental biology; epidemiology;
pharmacology, including psychopharmacology; endocrinology, including
neuroendocrinology; and neuroscience.
We can also see rapid development in areas like stem cell biology, animal cloning,
genomics, proteomics, tissue engineering, animal testing, imaging, human
experimentation, bioinformatics, and other biomedical technologies.
Together these disciplines are being used to solve problems of preventive
medicine, behavioral health, cancer, diseases of aging, diabetes,
translational research, and many other areas of medicine.
Together these disciplines are being used to solve problems of preventive
medicine, behavioral health, cancer, diseases of aging, diabetes,
translational research, and many other areas of medicine.
Our focus:
We cannot study all of these things.
We will focus on the brain and nervous system, and we will look at the
development of the nervous system, and some diseases of this system. This
way we can see how cells and people learn, how long term changes can
happen in cells, how some changes can be inherited, and how to study some
diseases, their causes and possible treatments.
The study will include findings and applications of molecular biology,
biotechnological research, bioinformatics, cell biology and more.
Weekly classes:
Introduction to trends in biomedical science
Review of cells
Structure of cells
Special cells – neurons
Structure of neurons
Neurotransmitters
How do different neurons develop?
Development of the nervous system.
Transcription factors and cell receptors
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Epigenetics – effects of early stress?
Epigenetics – can your parents affect your brain now?
Classroom test 20%
Big data in Biomedical science
Structural biology
Learning and memory and cell structure
Metabolomics
Science of behavior change
Summation and exam preparation
Midterm Exam 10%
Drugs and brain function
Molecular libraries
Searching for drugs and targets
Treating disease of the brain
The brain initiative
The human microbiome
New correlations of microbes and disease
Brain Stem Cells
Stem Cells and brain repair
Classroom Test 20%
Brain damage and possible prevention
Brain damage and possible treatment
Diseases of aging
Possible prevention and possible treatments of diseases of aging
RNA does many things
Classroom Test 20%
Extracellular RNA
End of term Exam 20%
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Some information will be available at "The Brain from Top to Bottom"
http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/. This presents the information at different levels of
organization and different levels of difficulty.
Please download "Brain Facts - a primer on the brain and nervous system"
http://www.brainfacts.org/~/media/Brainfacts/Article%20Multimedia/About%2
0Neuroscience/Brain%20Facts%20book.ashx
I will also try to integrate new and important findings in biomedical science into
the course. So I will include information from such websites as:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/ - the site for the Nobel prize in
physiology or medicine
http://commonfund.nih.gov/ - the site of the US National Institutes of Health “Common
Fund” project which supports cross-departmental research.
Why are we looking at the brain and nervous system?
With nearly 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections, the human brain remains
one of the greatest mysteries in science and one of the greatest challenges in
medicine. Neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease,
Parkinson’s disease, autism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression, and traumatic
brain injury, exact a tremendous toll on individuals, families, and society. Despite
the many advances in neuroscience in recent years, the underlying causes of most
of neurological and psychiatric conditions remain largely unknown, due to the vast
complexity of the human brain.
Neuroscience advanced quickly over the past 50 years. Sometimes this is because of
new technologies, like those of molecular biology, neuroimaging, and computer
and information science. This progress plus new tools and techniques helps us
understand the brain and how the brain’s activities result in mental activity.
Neuroscience is multidisciplinary including biology, psychology, neurology, chemistry,
mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, and more.
How does our physical body give rise to a person who can think, love, learn, and dream?
Neuroscience has advanced to the point where answering those questions is truly
possible.
Advances in imaging technology, computer science, molecular biology, biochemistry,
and neuroscience in general had made it possible for us to imagine understanding
how the brain works at a fundamental level
How does the brain work and produce mental activity? How does physical activity
in the brain give rise to thought, emotion, and behavior?
How does the interplay of biology and experience shape our brains and make us
who we are today?
How do we keep our brains healthy? How do we protect, restore, or enhance the
functioning of our brains as we age?
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