New courses in Biologyhttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/index.htm2009-07-02MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSubject covers all major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell type determination, axon guidance and targeting, neuronal cell biology, synapse formation and plasticity. Includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. Focus on major concepts and recent advances in experimental neuroscience.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-013JSpring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmConstantine-Paton, MarthaQuinn, WilliamSheng, Morgan2009-04-05T11:14:33-04:009.013J7.68Jen-USBiologyMolecular Biologyplasticitysynapse formationneuronal cell biologytargetingaxon guidancesynaptic transmissionreceptorsion channelsmembranescellsmolecular neurobiologycellularBrain and Cognitive SciencesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmIn this seminar, we will discuss some of the main themes that have arisen in the field of systems biology, including the concepts of robustness, stochastic cell-to-cell variability, and the evolution of molecular interactions within complex networks.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-342Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmGore, JeffRaj, Arjun2009-02-25T03:38:17-05:007.342en-USBiologyMolecular Geneticscircadianchemotaxisbiological networksrobustnessstochasticPCRoscillatorsgene expressionnoisesynthetic networkssystems biologyMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmCellular responses to DNA damage constitute one of the most important fields in cancer biology. In this class we will analyze classical and recent papers from the primary research literature to gain a profound understand of cell cycle regulation and DNA damage checkpoints that act as powerful emergency brakes to prevent cancer. This course is one of many Advanced Undergraduate Seminars offered by the Biology Department at MIT. These seminars are tailored for students with an interest in using primary research literature to discuss and learn about current biological research in a highly interactive setting. Many instructors of the Advanced Undergraduate Seminars are postdoctoral scientists with a strong interest in teaching.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-341Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmReinhardt, Hans Christian2009-02-20T04:35:49-05:007.341en-USBiologyOncology and Cancer BiologymutantChk1Fluorescence activated cell sorterRad50H2AXMDC1signalingapoptosistumor suppressorp53cyclin-dependent kinaseCdk regulationgrowth factorsextracellular cuescell cycleenzymemolecularDNA damagediscussionprimary sourcescancer preventioncancer biologysignalinggenecheckpointsendogenousexogenoushuman cellscellscancerdamage checkpointsDNAMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmHow does a regenerating animal "know" what's missing? How are stem cells or differentiated cells used to create new tissues during regeneration? In this class we will take a comparative approach to explore this fascinating problem by critically examining classic and modern scientific literature about the developmental and molecular biology of regeneration. We will learn about conserved developmental pathways that are necessary for regeneration, and we will discuss the relevance of these findings for regenerative medicine. This course is one of many Advanced Undergraduate Seminars offered by the Biology Department at MIT. These seminars are tailored for students with an interest in using primary research literature to discuss and learn about current biological research in a highly interactive setting. Many instructors of the Advanced Undergraduate Seminars are postdoctoral scientists with a strong interest in teaching.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-342Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmPetersen, Christian2009-01-07T11:01:01-05:007.342en-USBiologyNeurobiology and Neurophysiologyfibroblastpluriptenthomeostasislivernewtcateninsalamanderregulatedifferentitateregenerative medicineself-renewalhomeostasiszebrafishorganlimbmorphallaxishydradedifferentiationdifferentiationstem cellsprogenitorembryoblastemaRegenerationMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm