[bioundgrd] New Biology Restricted Electives in 2015-2016

[Joyce Roberge]

Dear Students,

This a reminder that that there are three new restricted biology electives for 2015-2016.  Hallmarks of Cancer (7.45) and Engineering Principles underlying Novel Biotherapeutics (7.371) will be held in the Fall 2015 semester.

Quantitative and Computational Biology (7.09) will be offered in Spring 2016.

Other Fall 2015 electives include:  7.20 Human Physiology, 7.21 Microbial Physology, 7.22 Development and Evolution, 7.23 Immunology, 7.30AB Fundamentals of Ecology I&II, 7.31 Current Topics in Mammalian Biology, and 7.32 Systems Biology.

Please initiate your preregistration by Monday, June 15th; a late of $50 will be assessed if pre-registration is not completed by this date.   Course selections can be modified through Thursday, August 18th.


FALL 2015

7.371 Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics
(New)
[cid:B2F6A1FD-F407-493A-8B94-72ECD83509EA at mit.edu]
[cid:97FFC9C2-83C7-459A-B0A4-D067D124F860 at mit.edu] ([cid:9E7FE572-ABC0-4251-9FF5-5784600C5E24 at mit.edu])
Prereq: 7.06<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.06>
Units: 4-0-8
Credit cannot also be received for 7.37<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.37>, 10.441<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m10a.html#10.441>, 20.361<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m20a.html#20.361>
[cid:1D53743B-DE07-4EE7-94CF-F40278FD0D03 at mit.edu]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/editcookie.cgi?add=7.371> Lecture: MW3-5 (WI 7TH<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=WI%207TH>)
[cid:B2F6A1FD-F407-493A-8B94-72ECD83509EA at mit.edu]
Covers biological and bioengineering principles underlying the development and therapeutic use of recombinant proteins and immune cells. Special attention to monoclonal antibodies and engineered immune system cells as therapeutics; protein- and glyco- engineering to enhance protein function; protein pharmacology and delivery; nucleic acid- based biotherapeutics; generation of functional cells and tissues from embryonic stem cells and iPS cells; and macrophages in health and diseases.
J. Chen, H. Lodish


7.45 The Hallmarks of Cancer
(New)
[cid:47023D43-4E0F-4A10-A53B-C4E856E9B9E9 at mit.edu]
[cid:582F0B2D-96E3-4593-B42F-B34BE54EF439 at mit.edu] ([cid:E89F4A51-48D6-49F2-ACB1-561D8A1B6FB2 at mit.edu])
(Subject meets with 7.85<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.85>)
Prereq: 7.06<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.06>
Units: 4-0-8
[cid:D5D1C35C-56D3-4EFF-B45F-869A613FD1BC at mit.edu]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/editcookie.cgi?add=7.45> Lecture: TR11-12.30 (E25-111<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E25>)
[cid:47023D43-4E0F-4A10-A53B-C4E856E9B9E9 at mit.edu]
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of cancer biology and cancer treatment. Topics include cancer genetics, genomics, and epigenetics; familial cancer syndromes; signal transduction, cell cycle control, and apoptosis; cancer metabolism; stem cells and cancer; metastasis; cancer immunology and immunotherapy; conventional and molecularly-targeted therapies; and early detection and prevention. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
T. Jacks, M. Vander Heiden


SPRING 2016

7.09 Quantitative and Computational Biology
(New)
[cid:7EA97563-97DB-4351-874B-47D5960775F6 at mit.edu]
[cid:4A203B51-0FA3-43F4-8064-D517AFA0E82A at mit.edu] ([cid:1728640A-454D-466C-856A-CA740A5B2D4A at mit.edu])
Prereq: 7.03<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.03>, 7.05<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m7a.html#7.05>
Units: 3-0-9
[cid:7EA97563-97DB-4351-874B-47D5960775F6 at mit.edu]
Quantitative and computational analysis of biological systems at the molecular and cellular level. Includes models of biological processes across different time scales, from steady-state to kinetics of gene expression, circadian clock, cell growth, and evolutionary dynamics. Methods include physical, systems, and synthetic biology. Also covers second-generation  sequencing technologies, and topics in computational analysis of genomes, including sequence alignment, motif finding, information theory and RNA secondary structure prediction.
C. Burge, G. W. Li





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