Learning outcomes
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes, like diagnostics or therapeutics. Biomedical engineering is advancing rapidly and produces important innovations that improve our quality of life.
Brief description of content
Part I - Molecular and cellular bioengineering.
Genetic engineering. Direct manipulation of organism's genes. Recombinant DNA technology; genetic modification/manipulation; genetic screening.
Cellular bioengineering. Stem cells. Tissue engineering and biomaterials. Artificial organs and biological materials. Cancer bioengineering. Biomarker discovery and targeted therapy. In vivo cancer modeling. Drug delivery. Nanomedicine. Nanoparticles for drug delivery. Protein engineering, expression and purification. Bioprocess engineering. Bioprocess design. Manufacturing of proteins and biomolecules.
Molecular bioengineering. DNA-protein/RNA-protein interactions, protein folding and function etc. that function as therapeutics.
Part II - Medical devices. Biomechanics. Medical devices and biomedical diagnostics. Biomedical and molecular imaging.
