Difference between revisions of "UNIL PhD course: "Biology for non-biologists 2018""

Latest revision as of 19:09, 18 October 2018

Coordinator: Sven Bergmann
Course idea and teaching goals of Biology for non-biologists:
- Teach basic concepts of biology to students with no or little background in biology
- The goal is excite the students by giving them some glimpses of biological fundamentals
- Teaching is very informal giving enough time for discussion and questions.
Schedule for Biology for non-biologists 2018
Modules
- Module 1: Basic building blocks of life: From molecules to cells | Module1slides
- Module 2: Central dogma: Understanding the mechanisms and machinery for DNA replication, transcription and translation | File:Module2slides.pdf
- Module 3: Development: How cells organise themselves in space and time
- Module 4: Evolution: Reproduction strategies, selection, population genetics
Reading Material
- Bruce Alberts at al. « Molecular Biology of the Cell », ISBN-10: 0-8153-3218-1 | slides
- Richard Dawkins, « The Blind Watchmaker », ISBN‎: ‎0-393-31570-3
Teachers
- Sven Bergmann: Module 1
- Maria Cristina Gambetta: Module 2
- Aitana Lebrand: Module 3
- Micha Hersch: Module 4

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 * [[Schedule for Biology for non-biologists 2018]]
 * Modules
-** [[Module 1: Basic building blocks of life: From molecules to cells]] | [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w36Vn1o7Nq-TjRuAiKaLaCGfGAL0O2HIbB6iAJU05NU/edit?usp=sharing slides]
+** Module 1: Basic building blocks of life: From molecules to cells | [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w36Vn1o7Nq-TjRuAiKaLaCGfGAL0O2HIbB6iAJU05NU/edit?usp=sharing Module1slides]
-** [[Module 2: Central dogma: Understanding the mechanisms and machinery for DNA replication, transcription and translation]] | [[File:Module2slides.pdf]]
+** Module 2: Central dogma: Understanding the mechanisms and machinery for DNA replication, transcription and translation | [[File:Module2slides.pdf]]
-** [[Module 3: Development: How cells organise themselves in space and time]]
+** Module 3: Development: How cells organise themselves in space and time
-** [[Module 4: Evolution: Reproduction strategies, selection, population genetics]]
+** Module 4: Evolution: Reproduction strategies, selection, population genetics
 * Reading Material
 **Bruce Alberts at al. « Molecular Biology of the Cell »,  ISBN-10: 0-8153-3218-1 | [https://www.slideshare.net/julururadhika/molecularbiologyofthecellalberts6thed-65418285 slides]