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    • Methods in Mechanobiology and Biofabrication . IQB 258

    Cell mechanobiology topics including cell structure, mechanical models, and chemo-mechanical signaling. Review methods for controlling and analyzing the biomechanics of cells using traction force microscopy, AFM, micropatterning, and cell stimulation. Weekly lecture with final project in the form of a research proposal.

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    Prerequisites: The course assumes an engineering background but is structured to be accessible to graduate students in life sciences who have a strong physics and math background, and to engineering graduate students with basic biology knowledge.

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    Units

    Optional

    Grading

    1, 2, 3

    Passtime

    Graduate students only

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    Letters and science

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    Instructors
    DEWEY M J
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    11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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