This follows on from LIFS 4976. Students will continue to undertake their research project in the biomedical and health sciences under faculty supervision. They will be involved in the design of experiments, analysis of data, submission of a written report and poster presentation describing their research results. Approval of the course instructor is needed for students to enroll in this course. For BMH students only.
Students will undertake a research project of their choice in an area of the biomedical and health sciences under faculty supervision. They will gain experience in the design of experiments, analysis of data, and the submission of a written report. Approval of the course instructor is needed for students to enroll in this course. For BMH students only.
Students will undertake an independent literature review on a selected topic under the guidance of a faculty member leading to the submission of a written report. An optional oral or poster presentation may also be organized by the supervising faculty and the performance of this presentation (if given) will be evaluated together with the written report. Approval of the course instructor is needed for students to enroll in this course. For BMH students only.
Special topics in an identified area of life science not covered by existing course. Students may repeat the course for credits if the topics studied are different. Graded letter grade or P/F subject to different offerings.
In this course, students will utilize state-of-the-art computational pipelines to analyze publicly available next-generation sequencing (NGS) data on human genetic diseases, including transcriptomic, epigenetic, and single-cell datasets. The curriculum will guide students through the entire bioinformatics workflow of sequence generation, quality control (QC), mapping, assembly, variant calling, differential analysis, and data visualization. Enrollment is exclusive to students in the BMH program. Non-BMH students may enroll with the instructor’s approval only.
In this course, students will conduct phenotypic analysis on the mutant animal models they generated in LIFS 3901. Working in teams, they will use various microscopy and mass spectrometry techniques to analyse their mutant C. elegans strains. The course focuses on hands-on experience with advanced imaging and analytical methods commonly utilized in biomedical laboratories. In addition, students will learn to differentiate the strengths and weaknesses of various analytical techniques for effective data interpretation. For BMH students only.
This laboratory course will build on the wet lab skills that students learned in LIFS 2901. Here, working in teams, students will introduce a mutation found in a human genetic disease into the model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans. Emphasis will be put on the planning and execution of experiments and troubleshooting. Students are expected to learn recombinant DNA technologies, including CRISPR-Cas9, to generate their mutant C. elegans strain. For BMH students only.
This course aims to broaden students’ exposure to a broad range of topics within the biological science discipline. Teaching format and course credits will vary, depending on the subject matters to be covered.
In this course, students will analyze one human genetic disease. Working in teams, students will be guided to review the literature so they can formulate a proposal to either simulate the disease in a model organism or perform computational analysis on human populations. Fundamental laboratory and computational skills will be taught to prepare students for the execution of their proposals. For BSc in Biomedical Health and Sciences (BMH) students only.
