Introduction to MEMS 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Introduction to MEMS

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Lecture Objectives

This course will cover the basic and advanced aspects of the microsystem technology. It will include fundamental design principles of micro-sensors and micro-actuators as well as specific MEMS (microelectro-mechanical system) applications. In addition, micro-fabrication processes of silicon and polymer will be introduced and recent advanced applications in life-science and medical device will be also covered. This course is open for all students who wants to study microsystem technologies.

Advanced Biochemistry 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Advanced Biochemistry

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Lecture Objectives

Fundamental knowledge on biochemistry from protein and gene structure to metabolism will be introduced based on text book. The course will also provide basic information about chemical features and working mechanisms of essential molecules in biology. It emphasizes the basic principles of typical biochemical techniques that are used to study important macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Advanced Biochemistry has a special focus on an interdisciplinary overview of molecular biology, chemical principles and cell biology (e.g., how cells work at molecular level), and their applications to modern topics of biochemical, biomedical and biological interest. Together with the related field of molecular biology, biochemistry provides important advances in understanding the molecular basis of life, and how alteration or disruption of these molecular pathways leads to disease processes.

Advanced Neuroscience 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Advanced Neuroscience

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Lecture Objectives

In this course, students will learn about complex brain functions, including high order cognition.. First, it focuses on the central and peripheral neural circuits involved in movement controls of body, eye and visceral systems and the development, repair, and regeneration of brain circuits. Moreover, higher cognitive functions such as attention, emotion, planning, decision making, and language process will be taught.

Advanced Organic Chemistry 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Advanced Organic Chemistry

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed for graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to provide essential concepts and knowledge of organic synthisis. This course covered with design strategy of organic target molecule, and synthetic method and functional group transformation of organic compounds. Understanding of advanced organic synthesis and structural identification by NMR spectroscopic instrumental analysis will be achieved.

Structural Biology 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Structural Biology

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Lecture Objectives

To understand the function of cell, the structural studies of the biomolecules in cells should be supported. This lecture introduces NMR and TEM structure analysis for proteins and nucleic acids such as RNA and DNA. Furthermore this lecture introduces the microscopy analysis for cellular structure. During the course, the basic concepts of NMR and TEM used in life sciences, the theory and usage of highfield NMR, and various applications for protein and nucleic acid structure analysis will be introduced. The basic theory of microscopy including fluorescence analysis and the electron microscope of cell structure are also introduced.

Nanomedicine 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Nanomedicine

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Lecture Objectives

This course will cover the basic principles and definitions of nanoscience and nanotechnologies that are necessary to students in BME major. Topics include the relationship between nanoscience and biology; fundamentals of nanotechnology; designing of both inorganic and organic optical nanomaterials and their application to imaging, diagnosis and therapy. Lastly, recent imaging techniques including single-molecule based super-resolution imaging and analytical tools for cell-based imaging will be covered for better understanding of inter/intracellular behaviors.

Disorders of Brain 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Disorders of Brain

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed to provide students with an integrated view of various types of brain disorders. The course involves lectures of in-depth studies such as cuases, symptoms, and therapeutics for each disorders.

Introduction to Bio-Medical Science 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Introduction to Bio-Medical Science

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed for graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to provide essential concepts, knowledge and technologies that are critical in the study of bio-medical science and engineering. Main contents are about neuroscience and bio-chemical science. Neuroscience covers the basics of brain cells, neural signaling, sensation and sensory signaling which comprises 10 week classes. Bio-chemical science covers about drug discovery process, drug & intellectual property, and new chemical entities & biologics for 6 weeks.

Introduction to Bio-Medical Engineering 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Introduction to Bio-Medical Engineering

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed for graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to provide essential concepts, knowledge and technologies that are critical in the study of bio-medical science and engineering. Main contents are chemical biology, biosensor, nanomedicine, biomaterials, stem cells and tissue engineering, biomechanics and rehabilitation, medical device, and imaging system. This course is unique in bringing together interdisciplinary research fields and giving a summary for each topic. This course should offer students with an overview of bio-medical science and engineering.

Biosensor 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Biosensor

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Lecture Objectives

The goal of this course is to provide fundamental principles on biosensors and their various applications. A few representative biosensors will be covered such as optical, mechanical, electrochemical, and semiconductor biosensors. This course would be also useful to apply the principles of biosensors to designing and fabricating biosensor devices for students’ own research fields.

Bio Mass Spectrometry 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Bio Mass Spectrometry

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed for graduate students to teach advanced knowledge of bio mass analysis and its application, which is essential for the fusion research of bioanalysis and engineering, and the contents are various bioanalysis technologies and development processes using mass spectrometers in the field of biotechnology.

Biomechanics ＆ Rehabilitation 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Biomechanics ＆ Rehabilitation

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Lecture Objectives

Biomechanics is the research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms or the application and derivation of engineering principles to and from biological systems. In this course, we will learn basic anatomy and physiology associated with human movement biomechanics, and concepts associated with statics and dynamics related to biomechanics. Furthermore, we will learn how the understanding of biomechanics can help to develop technologies in rehabilitation engineering.

Biomaterials Engineering 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Biomaterials Engineering

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Lecture Objectives

This class focuses on fundamental knowledge and theory of organic, inorganic, and biological materials in the field of biomaterials and their engineering. This class provide basic knowledge, characteristics and applications of a variety of biomaterials. This class consists of 4 sub-lectures, 1) Polymeric biomaterials and their engineering; 2) Inorganic biomaterials and their engineering; 3) nanobiomaterials and their applications; 4) biological materials based biomaterial engineering.

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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Lecture Objectives

This course aims at providing an overview of major principles and techniques for understanding the molecular and cellular physiological mechanisms of neurons and neural circuits in brain. The course focuses on the properties of neurons and receptors and the mechanisms of neural information processing within neural circuits such as hippocampus

Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

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Lecture Objectives

This course focuses on anatomical organization and function of cognitive and neural processes that support perception, action, memory, and consciousness. Emphasis placed on the properties of neural circuits that underlie behavior and cognitive functions in a system level of brain. It introduces modern neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition to explore how different regions of brain interact to produce basic functions of brain. The course also includes the application of methods of design and developing engineering systems to support the cognitive processes. Tutorials include practice of neural signal processing.

Neural Engineering 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Neural Engineering

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Lecture Objectives

In this course, students will learn about fundamental principles and various applications of neural engineering. At the beginning of the course, fundamental principles of basic neuroscience will be covered. Then, students will learn how to read/write neural signals from/to nervous systems. As Case Studies, Deep Brain Stimulation and Cochlear/Retinal Implant will be introduced. Lastly, the course will cover neural tissue engineering such as brain organoids.

Trends in Neuroscience 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Trends in Neuroscience

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Lecture Objectives

This course offers students the opportunity to study state of the art techniques in Neuroscience. Understanding how the brain works from the molecular level to behavior requires a multifaceted approach from many different scientific fields. The Trends in Neuroscience course will cover a range of topics including thermo-magnetic neuronal activation, optogenetics, memory engrams, virtual reality, connectomics, clarity/expansion, digital circuit reconstruction, and microscope design.

Neurophysiology 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Neurophysiology

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Lecture Objectives

Activities of individual neurons and glial cells as well as their communications are important components for brain functions. This course consists of lectures for the understanding basic principles and key molecules that accomplish dynamics of such activation of neurons and communications among cells. The lectures cover properties of ion channels, synaptic physiology, selective action potential propagations of brain regions and some developmental features of neuronal networks.

Cancer Diagnosis and therapy 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Cancer Diagnosis and therapy

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Lecture Objectives

Recent advances in cancer diagnosis and therapy are steadily increasing cancer patients’ survival.Solid understanding of cellular and molecular nature of cancer is essential for development ofeffective cancer diagnosis and therapy. This course will introduce latest development in cancerdiagnosis and therapy along with basic cancer biology that these techniques are based on.

Pharmacology ＆ Toxicology 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

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Pharmacology ＆ Toxicology

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Lecture Objectives

Pharmacology is a study of the interactions that take place when external substances are given to biochemical reactions in living organisms. Basic knowledge will be taught to understand the reactions of drugs, the mechanisms of drug action. Toxicology studies toxic effects of drugs, chemicals, and natural substances by studying harmful effects or side effects on human body, life forms, and environment. These studies will guide students to the regulation by presenting safe concentration standards that allow exposure of chemicals to humans, food, and the environment. Therefore, it is based on the basic knowledge of biochemistry, organic chemistry, physiology / pathology, and includes the risk of diseases and harmful substances, including cancer, to which toxic substances are involved. Introduction of pharmacology and toxicology, drug action mechanism and application, absorption, distribution, metabolism of toxicant.

Introduction to Soft Materials Characterization 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Introduction to Soft Materials Characterization

Summary

Lecture Objectives

Soft materials are important class of materials with broad application spectrum, spanning from biomedical fields to battery and/or semiconductor industry. In order to understand and design soft materials for target applications, it is important to understand its physicochemical structures. However, conventional characterization methodologies are not compatible with soft materials as it requires strictly limited environment such as high vacuum, intensive photon/electron dose, etc. The objective of this course is to provide a fundamental and comprehensive understanding on soft materials characterization. In this course, chemical analysis including NMR, FT-IR, and Raman spectroscopy, and physical analysis such as DLS, SWAXS and Cryo-TEM will be covered. Also, the state of the art techniques like Synchrotron X-ray based tools will be discussed.

Medicinal Chemistry 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Medicinal Chemistry

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Lecture Objectives

This course is designed to help students understand the basic concept of medicinal chemistry and application of small molecules. Additionally, SAR / MOA (structure-activity relationship / mode of action) of drugs and development of further bioactive materials will be taught to cultivate student's ability.

Informatics and Drug-Like Properties 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Informatics and Drug-Like Properties

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Lecture Objectives

This course will cover basic principles of chemoinformatics and drug-like properties. Understanding ADME/Tox (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxisity) is important for advancing high quality candidates to clinical studies and the processes of drug discovery. THis course introdues ADME/Tox property concepts, structure design, and methodology for drug discovery

Stem Cells ＆ Regenerative Engineering 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Stem Cells ＆ Regenerative Engineering

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Lecture Objectives

This course provides students with basic concepts and interdisciplinary knowledges that are essential in the study of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Topics of the first part will cover stem cells, tissue morphogenesis, cellular signaling, biomaterials, extracellular matrix, scaffolds, stem cell engineering, delivery of bioactive molecule, and cell culture platforms. The other part deals with tissue-biomaterial interactions, nanomaterials, gene therapy, and tissue-engineered cartilage, bone, cardiac, and nerve. Before final examination, team project will be presented. This course should offer students with an overview of tissue engineering, along with practical skills and knowledges about how to harness a variety of research tools for tissue regeneration.

Learning and Memory 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Learning and Memory

Summary

Lecture Objectives

The class will provide an overview of the brain mechanisms involved in learning and memory. Brain circuits and cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the stages of formation, consolidation and maintenance of memories will be covered, with a focus on both the biological concepts and the experimental techniques.

Chemical/Cellular Biology 3 Korean course Major 본원 -

Course Name

Chemical/Cellular Biology

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Lecture Objectives

"Chemical/Cellular Biology" is a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry and biology. Chemical biology attempt to use chemical principles to modulate biological systems to either investigate the underlying biology or create new function.