Course Name
Course number
Language
Credts
Branch
Course outline
Introduction to MEMS
3
Korean course
Major
본원
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Course Name
Introduction to MEMS
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course will cover the basic and advanced aspects of the microsystem technology. It will include fundamental design principles of micro-sensors and micro-actuators as well as specific MEMS (microelectro-mechanical system) applications. In addition, micro-fabrication processes of silicon and polymer will be introduced and recent advanced applications in life-science and medical device will be also covered. This course is open for all students who wants to study microsystem technologies.
Advanced Biochemistry
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Advanced Biochemistry
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- Fundamental knowledge on biochemistry from protein and gene structure to metabolism will be introduced based on text book. The course will also provide basic information about chemical features and working mechanisms of essential molecules in biology. It emphasizes the basic principles of typical biochemical techniques that are used to study important macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Advanced Biochemistry has a special focus on an interdisciplinary overview of molecular biology, chemical principles and cell biology (e.g., how cells work at molecular level), and their applications to modern topics of biochemical, biomedical and biological interest. Together with the related field of molecular biology, biochemistry provides important advances in understanding the molecular basis of life, and how alteration or disruption of these molecular pathways leads to disease processes.
Advanced Neuroscience
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Advanced Neuroscience
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- In this course, students will learn about complex brain functions, including high order cognition.. First, it focuses on the central and peripheral neural circuits involved in movement controls of body, eye and visceral systems and the development, repair, and regeneration of brain circuits. Moreover, higher cognitive functions such as attention, emotion, planning, decision making, and language process will be taught.
Structural Biology
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Structural Biology
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- 세포 내의 다양한 기능을 알기 위해서는 세포를 구성하는 생체 물질들(단백질, 핵산, 세포 내 소기관 등)의 구조 연구가 뒷받침 되어야 한다. 본 강의에서는 단백질 및 핵산 (RNA 및 DNA) 에 대한 NMR 구조 분석법 및 전자현미경 분석법을 소개하고, 더 나아가 세포를 분석하는 현미경에 대해 소개하고자 한다. 생명과학에서 사용되는 NMR의 기본 개념, Highfield NMR 장비 이론 및 사용법, 단백질 및 핵산의 구조 분석에 대한 다양한 활용 사례를 소개한다. 또한 형광 분석을 포함하는 현미경에 대한 기본 이론 및 전자현미경을 이용한 세포의 구조 분석법을 소개한다. 본 과목에서는 다음 내용을 다룬다.
*강의내용:
1. NMR spectrometry: NMR principle, Nucleic acid NMR, Protein NMR, Biomolecular interaction, Practical training
2. Eelecton Microscopy: Microscopy principle (Optical microscopy, Fluroscence Microscopy), Bio-EM(Cell structure analysis, Protein structure analysis), Bio-EM practical training
Nanomedicine
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Nanomedicine
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- 근래에 들어 나노과학과 나노공학기술은 의공학 분야에서 새롭게 떠오르는 화제이다. 이 과정에서는 의공학과 학생들에게 필요한 나노과학과 나노공학 기술의 기본 원리들에 대해 다룬다. 수업에서는 나노과학과 생물학의 관계, 가장 high-profile 나노공학기술에 깔려 있는 원리들, 나노 재료, 나노파티클에 대해 다루고 미래 나노 의학에 대해서도 약간 다루게 된다.
Disorders of Brain
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Disorders of Brain
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course is designed to provide students with an integrated view of various types of brain disorders. The course involves lectures of in-depth studies such as cuases, symptoms, and therapeutics for each disorders.
Introduction to Bio-Medical Science
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Introduction to Bio-Medical Science
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course is designed for graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to provide essential concepts, knowledge and technologies that are critical in the study of bio-medical science and engineering. Main contents are about neuroscience and bio-chemical science. Neuroscience covers the basics of brain cells, neural signaling, sensation and sensory signaling which comprises 10 week classes. Bio-chemical science covers about drug discovery process, drug & intellectual property, and new chemical entities & biologics for 6 weeks.
Introduction to Bio-Medical Engineering
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Introduction to Bio-Medical Engineering
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course is designed for graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to provide essential concepts, knowledge and technologies that are critical in the study of bio-medical science and engineering. Main contents are chemical biology, biosensor, nanomedicine, biomaterials, stem cells and tissue engineering, biomechanics and rehabilitation, medical device, and imaging system. This course is unique in bringing together interdisciplinary research fields and giving a summary for each topic. This course should offer students with an overview of bio-medical science and engineering.
Biosensor
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Biosensor
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- 이 과정은 전기화학적인, 반도체의, 기계적인, 혹은 새로이 개발된(e.g., hydrogel-based biosensors) 바이오 센서와 관련된 원리와 그 적용을 가르칠 것이다. 학생들은 다양한 바이오 센서의 정의, 원리, 구성, 구조, 그리고 제작에 대하여 이해할 수 있을 것이다. 자세히 보면, 이 과정은 4가지 부분으로 나뉘어져 있다: 1) 바이오 센서 입문과 기본적인 바비오 센서의 적용, 2) 바이오 센서의 전기 화학적 성질, 3) 반도체 바이오 센서, 그리고 4) 기계적 바이오 센서.
Bio Mass Spectrometry
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Bio Mass Spectrometry
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- 생명과학 연구에 활용되는 다양한 질량분석에 대해 소개하고자 한다. 생체시료에서 무기물 분석 및 유기물분석에 대한 기본 개념을 설명하고, 장비에 대한 이론 및 세포나 생체 조직의 전처리 및 질량 분석에 대한 다양한 활용 사례를 소개함으로써 연구에 활용될 수 있도록 도와주고자 한다.
- 개요(영어) : This class will introduce the mass spectrometry for the life science study. It will provide the basics of inorganic and organic mass spectrometry including accelerated mass spectrometry for the analysis of bio samples.
Biomaterials Engineering
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Biomaterials Engineering
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- 이 과정은 유기물질과 무기물질에 대한 기본적인 지식과 원리에 주목한다. 이 과정의 첫 절반은 유기물질의 화학적 성질(기본 유기화학, 분자간 작용, 폴리머 합성)과 분석 도구(spectroscopy, 현미경, scattering), 그리고 물리적 성질에 대하여 소개한다. 나머지 절반은 무기물질의 소개(atomic bonding, structure of crystalline solids, imperfections in solid) 그리고 미세 구조물이 기계적 특성, diffusion, phase diagram, phase transformation에 미치는 영향에 대하여 다룬다. 이 과정의 마지막 부분은 다양한 적용사례를 다루며 발전 방향에 대하여 소개한다.
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course aims at providing an overview of major principles and techniques for understanding the molecular and cellular physiological mechanisms of neurons and neural circuits in brain. The course focuses on the properties of neurons and receptors and the mechanisms of neural information processing within neural circuits such as hippocampus
Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course focuses on anatomical organization and function of cognitive and neural processes that support perception, action, memory, and consciousness. Emphasis placed on the properties of neural circuits that underlie behavior and cognitive functions. It introduces modern neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition to explore how different regions of brain interact to produce basic functions of brain. Tutorials include practice of neural signal processing.
Neural Engineering
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Neural Engineering
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- In this course, students will learn about fundamental principles and various applications of neural engineering. At the beginning of the course, fundamental principles of basic neuroscience will be covered. Then, students will learn how to read/write neural signals from/to nervous systems. As Case Studies, Deep Brain Stimulation and Cochlear/Retinal Implant will be introduced. Lastly, the course will cover neural tissue engineering such as brain organoids.
Trends in Neuroscience
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Trends in Neuroscience
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course offers students the opportunity to study state of the art techniques in Neuroscience. Understanding how the brain works from the molecular level to behavior requires a multifaceted approach from many different scientific fields. The Trends in Neuroscience course will cover a range of topics including thermo-magnetic neuronal activation, optogenetics, memory engrams, virtual reality, connectomics, clarity/expansion, digital circuit reconstruction, and microscope design.
Neurophysiology
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Neurophysiology
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- Activities of individual neurons and glial cells as well as their communications are important components for brain functions. This course consists of lectures for the understanding basic principles and key molecules that accomplish dynamics of such activation of neurons and communications among cells. The lectures cover properties of ion channels, synaptic physiology, selective action potential propagations of brain regions and some developmental features of neuronal networks.
Cancer Diagnosis and therapy
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Cancer Diagnosis and therapy
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- Recent advances in cancer diagnosis and therapy are steadily increasing cancer patients’ survival.Solid understanding of cellular and molecular nature of cancer is essential for development ofeffective cancer diagnosis and therapy. This course will introduce latest development in cancerdiagnosis and therapy along with basic cancer biology that these techniques are based on.
Pharmacology ＆ Toxicology
3
Korean course
Major
본원
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Course Name
Pharmacology ＆ Toxicology
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- Pharmacology is a study of the interactions that take place when external substances are given to biochemical reactions in living organisms. Basic knowledge will be taught to understand the reactions of drugs, the mechanisms of drug action. Toxicology studies toxic effects of drugs, chemicals, and natural substances by studying harmful effects or side effects on human body, life forms, and environment. These studies will guide students to the regulation by presenting safe concentration standards that allow exposure of chemicals to humans, food, and the environment. Therefore, it is based on the basic knowledge of biochemistry, organic chemistry, physiology / pathology, and includes the risk of diseases and harmful substances, including cancer, to which toxic substances are involved. Introduction of pharmacology and toxicology, drug action mechanism and application, absorption, distribution, metabolism of toxicant.
Introduction to Soft Materials Characterization
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Introduction to Soft Materials Characterization
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- Soft materials are important class of materials with broad application spectrum, spanning from
biomedical fields to battery and/or semiconductor industry. In order to understand and design soft
materials for target applications, it is important to understand its physicochemical structures.
However, conventional characterization methodologies are not compatible with soft materials as it
requires strictly limited environment such as high vacuum, intensive photon/electron dose, etc.
The objective of this course is to provide a fundamental and comprehensive understanding on
soft materials characterization. In this course, chemical analysis including NMR, FT-IR, and Raman
spectroscopy, and physical analysis such as DLS, SWAXS and Cryo-TEM will be covered. Also,
the state of the art techniques like Synchrotron X-ray based tools will be discussed.
Medicinal Chemistry
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Medicinal Chemistry
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course is designed to help students understand the basic concept of medicinal chemistry and application of small molecules. Additionally, SAR / MOA (structure-activity relationship / mode of action) of drugs and development of further bioactive materials will be taught to cultivate student's ability.
Informatics and Drug-Like Properties
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Informatics and Drug-Like Properties
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course will cover basic principles of chemoinformatics and drug-like properties. Understanding ADME/Tox (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxisity) is important for advancing high quality candidates to clinical studies and the processes of drug discovery. THis course introdues ADME/Tox property concepts, structure design, and methodology for drug discovery
Stem Cells ＆ Regenerative Engineering
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Stem Cells ＆ Regenerative Engineering
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- This course provides students with basic concepts and interdisciplinary knowledges that are essential in the study of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Topics of the first part will cover stem cells, tissue morphogenesis, cellular signaling, biomaterials, extracellular matrix, scaffolds, stem cell engineering, delivery of bioactive molecule, and cell culture platforms. The other part deals with tissue-biomaterial interactions, nanomaterials, gene therapy, and tissue-engineered cartilage, bone, cardiac, and nerve. Before final examination, team project will be presented. This course should offer students with an overview of tissue engineering, along with practical skills and knowledges about how to harness a variety of research tools for tissue regeneration.
Learning and Memory
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Learning and Memory
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- The class will provide an overview of the brain mechanisms underlying learning and memory, from a broad systems perspective to the fine level detail of synapses and molecules. The topics covered will include the different memory systems with their associated brain circuits and the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the stages of memory formation, consolidation and maintenance. Focus will be put on both biological concepts and technical approaches.
Chemical/Cellular Biology
3
Korean course
Major
본원
-
Course Name
Chemical/Cellular Biology
Summary
Lecture Objectives
- "Chemical/Cellular Biology" is an introductory class for biological chemistry. Emphasis will be placed on understanding for key chemical/cellular biology concepts and the study methods.