[bioundgrd] CORRECTION: New Biology restricted electives for 2015-2016 (Fall: 7.371 7.45; Spring: 7.09)

Thu May 21 16:57:04 EDT 2015

Dear Biology Majors,

Regarding the new restricted electives for 2015-2016, I'd like to point out that both Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics (7.371)and The Hallmarks of Cancer (7.45) will be held in the Fall 2015 semester, while Quantitative and Computation Biology (7.09) will held in Spring 2016. Previously, 7.371 was mentioned as being held in the Spring, which is not the case. Apologies for any confusion or inconvenience.

Again, please remember to pre-register by June 15th.

Best wishes for a great summer,
Joyce

FALL 2015

7.371 Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics
(New)
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[Undergrad] ([Fall])
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>
[Add to schedule]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/editcookie.cgi?add=7.371> Lecture: MW3-5 (WI 7TH<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=WI%207TH>)
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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)
[______]
[Undergrad] ([Fall])
(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
[Add to schedule]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/editcookie.cgi?add=7.45> Lecture: TR11-12.30 (E25-111<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E25>)
[______]
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)
[______]
[Undergrad] ([Spring])
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
[______]
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

Joyce Roberge
Undergraduate Program
Biology Education Office 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-4718
fax: 617-258-9329
email: roberge at mit.edu<mailto:roberge at mit.edu>

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