Instrumentation and Methodologies used in Biomedical Research

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The course is designed to provide a basic working knowledge of physiological, biophysical, biochemical, and molecular techniques used in biomedical research. The overall goal is to provide students with an understanding of methodical approaches that can be used in animals-and cell-based studies as well as in the evaluation of human tissues. The course begins with a discussion of basic principles of electricity, circuits and signal recording and transducers. The course then addresses main principles of molecular biology techniques for protein and gene analysis in cell/tissue samples followed by an in -depth introduction to confocal microscopy, patch-clamp techniques, proteomics, analysis, and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (facs). The course consists of lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions and demonstrations.