BIOENGR C139B
Biomolecular Materials Science II
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Course C139A is not requisite to C139B. Overview of chemical and physical foundations of biomolecular materials science that concern materials aspects of molecular biology, cell biology, and bioengineering. Understanding of different basic types of biomolecules, with emphasis on nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. Study of how biological and biomimetic systems organize into their functional forms via self-assembly and how these structures impart biological function. Illustration of these ideas using examples from bioengineering and biomedical engineering. Case study on current topics, including drug delivery, gene therapy, cancer therapeutics, emerging pathogens, and relation of self-assembly to disease states. May be taken independently for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C239B. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2022 - Professor Wong, and his classes, are in general super chill. Don't remember the exact breakdown but it was a couple of homeworks, a journal club group presentation and a final. Lectures are mostly board writing and he doesn't post notes, but attendance isn't mandatory. He is a pretty engaging lecturer and is super helpful if you need extensions or anything. Honestly never went to discussion so unsure if it was useful but I didn't feel I needed it. You also don't need 139A as a prereq.
Spring 2022 - Professor Wong, and his classes, are in general super chill. Don't remember the exact breakdown but it was a couple of homeworks, a journal club group presentation and a final. Lectures are mostly board writing and he doesn't post notes, but attendance isn't mandatory. He is a pretty engaging lecturer and is super helpful if you need extensions or anything. Honestly never went to discussion so unsure if it was useful but I didn't feel I needed it. You also don't need 139A as a prereq.
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