This course contains basic biology, chemistry, and biophysics knowledge necessary for the understanding of modern nanobioscience and nanobiotechnology. It is so designed as to lay a foundation for the students whose majors are Physics and Engineering but interested in pursuing research in nanobioscience or nanobiotechnology.
Week 01 (09/16) |
Introduction to Nanobio-science and technology |
Week 02 (09/23) |
Introduction to Micro/Nanofluidics (Reynold¡¦s number, diffusion, laminar flow) (PN Chs. 4-5) |
Week 03 (09/30) |
Entropy, temperature, free energy, and entropic forces (PN Chs. 6, 7) |
Week 04 (10/07) |
Surfaces and interfaces (wetting and capillarity) (dG Chs. 1-2) |
Week 05 (10/14) |
Polymer dynamics (YL Chen) (PN Ch. 9) |
Week 06 (10/21) |
3rd ISBIE conference@ AS, attendance required. |
Week 07 (10/28) |
Cells (prokaryotes, eukaryotes) (CF Hsieh) |
Week 08 (11/04) |
Biomolecules I (DNA & PCR, RNA) (WH Chang) |
Week 09 (11/11) |
DNA separation (DC & pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) |
Week 10 (11/18) |
Midterm Written Exam (50%) |
Week 11 (11/30) |
Biomolecules II (proteins, molecular motors) |
Week 12 (12/2) |
2D gel & mass spectroscopy for protein separation (YR Chen) |
Week 13 (12/09) |
Chemical forces and self-assembly (WH Chang) (PN Ch. 8) |
Week 14 (12/21) |
Surface chemistry and bioconjugation (Chun-Cheng Lin) |
Week 15 (12/23) |
Biosensors (DNA/protein array, NPs, SPR, SERS, ECM) |
Week 16 (01/04) |
DC and AC electrokinetics (dielectrophoresis, electroosmosis) |
Week 17 (01/06) |
Single molecule techniques (mechanical, electrical, optical) |
Week 18 (01/13) |
Final Written Exam (50%) |