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Great course!! Seriously this has vastly better prepared me for a career in academia than any other single course I’ve taken. I wish all of these research essentials were more explicitly talked about in grad school instruction. I think it could save a lot of heartache and frustration.
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Comprehensive Series
Lectures and labs cover light microscopy from basic to advanced techniques.
Short Microscopy Series
If you are new to microscopy, this is the course for you!
Bioimage Analysis
Follow the lifecycle of a bioimage data set from acquisition to analysis.
Cell Biology
Learn about the origin of cellular structure, the structure and function of macromolecules, and how cells move and divide.
Engineering Life
How did life evolve? How can we understand the principles of biological systems to create new proteins, chemicals, cells and tissues?
Evolution
Principles of evolutionary biology including natural selection, multicellularity, co-evolution of prey and predators, and how viruses constantly evolve.
Immunology
Explores key concepts from fundamentals of the inflammatory response, B and T cell development, autoimmunity, to plant immunology.
