Advanced Life Science and Nanomedicine

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Lecturer
Kondoh Shinae 
Place
Thr3-4(B225)  
Credits
Lecture2  Exercise0  Experiment0
Code
79009
Syllabus updated
2012/4/8
Lecture notes updated
2012/3/26
Semester
Spring Semester

Outline of lecture

Syllabus for Advanced Life Science and Nanomedicine
1. Initiation and progression of cancer
2. Warburg effect & Metabolism
3. Macrophage & Inflammation
4. EMT & Metastasis
5. Epigenetics
6. Cancer stem cell
7. RNA world

Purpose of lecture

It aims to obtain the rudimentary knowledge of life sciences, and to understand the latest studies related to an advanced medical treatment that applies nanotechnology, the cellular engineering, molecular biology, and the genetic engineering.

Plan of lecture

01. Initiation and progression of cancer (Lecture)
02. Initiation and progression of cancer (Discussion)
03. Initiation and progression of cancer (Report)
04. Warburg effect & Metabolism (Lecture)
05. Warburg effect & Metabolism (Discussion)
06. Warburg effect & Metabolism (Report)
07. Macrophage & Inflammation (Lecture)
08. Macrophage & Inflammation (Discussion)
09. EMT & Metastasis (Lecturer)
10. EMT & Metastasis (Discussion)
11. Macrophage & Inflammation (Report)
12. EMT & Metastasis (Report)
13. Epigenetics (Lecture & Discussion)
14. Cancer stem cell (Lecture & Discussion)
15. RNA world (Lecture & Discussion)

Textbook and reference

References are announced in the previous class or via i-OCW.

Related and/or prerequisite courses

None

Evaluation

Graduate students are expected to attend lectures and to actively participate in discussion. Following
lectures, graduate students will be requested to present their own reports on particular subjects Lecture, presentation, and discussion will be provided in English only (no Japanese!).

Comments from lecturer

Active participation in discussion is required.

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