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    Intro to Anaerobe Physiology

    Semester: 

    Winter

    Offered: 

    2022

    Hosted by the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative and co-hosted by the Harvard Infectious Diseases Consortium and Massachusetts Host-Microbiome Center

    Course Overview:

    Life on planet earth has been dominated by anaerobes, from the earliest forms of life to the complex microbial communities that comprise your internal gut microbiota. This nanocourse will introduce unique aspects of anaerobe physiology, including adaptions to thrive in anaerobic environments.

    Course schedule:

    Session 1 (Wed Jan 19, 2...

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    Graduate TF Training in the Biomedical Sciences

    Semester: 

    Winter

    Offered: 

    2022

    SESSIONS 1 and 2 HAVE BEEN MOVED ONLINE. ZOOM INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO REGISTERED STUDENTS.

    This course is an introduction to the skills and frameworks necessary for success as a graduate student teaching fellow (TF) or teaching assistant (TA). After completing this 6 hour introduction, students will be able to:

    - describe core pedagogy concepts including backwards design, formative assessment, active learning, alignment, and inclusive teaching
    - identify ways these core concepts may influence their work as graduate student TFs/TAs...

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    Electronics and Signal Processing for Experimental Rigs

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2022

    Course Instructors: Ofer Mazor, Pavel Gorelik

    Course description:

    Biomedical researchers often build and use experimental rigs consisting of several interconnected electronic instruments. These rigs are typically used to make high-quality recordings of weak biological signals. The goal of this course is to demystify the rig: What does each instrument do? How should they be connected? How does one troubleshoot noise, or adjust settings in a principled way?

    The course will focus on fundamental concepts in electronics and signal...

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    Arduino for Biologists: Building scientific instruments using Arduino

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2022

    Instructors: Ofer Mazor, Pavel Gorelik, Brett Graham

    Course description:

    The Arduino is a powerful and inexpensive digital microcontrollers that can be used to develop custom lab instruments. Many tasks that used to require a PC or expensive hardware can be put together with an Arduino and tens of dollars worth of parts. Developing microcontroller-based tools allows researchers to automate and scale up aspects of their research that were previously unfeasible.

    This nanocourse will cover the basics of programming an Arduino microcontroller and...

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    Graduate TF Training in the Biomedical Sciences

    Semester: 

    Summer

    Offered: 

    2022

     

    Course description

    This nanocourse provides an introduction to the skills and frameworks necessary for success as a graduate student teaching fellow (TF). After completing this 6 hour introduction, students will be able to:

    • Describe core pedagogy concepts including backwards design, formative assessment, active learning, alignment, and inclusive teaching
    • Identify ways these core concepts may influence their work as graduate student TFs
    • Demonstrate...
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    Introduction to R

    Semester: 

    Summer

    Offered: 

    2022

    Course Description and Assignments

    This 4-session, online, hands-on nanocourse will instruct participants to using R and RStudio. R is a simple programming environment that enables the effective handling of data, while providing excellent graphical support. RStudio is a tool that provides a user-friendly environment for working with R. After this workshop participants can expect to be comfortable with the basics of data wrangling and plotting using R.

    Workshop segments will address the following:

    • ...
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    Finding a Reliable Hit: Optimized tools for reproducible drug screening

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2022

    SESSION DATES:

    • Session 1 | Oct 31, 1-3pm | Assay Automation and Quantification - From Benchtop to High Throughput Screening
    • Session 2 | Nov 8, 1-3pm | Optimized Experimental and Analytical Tools for Reproducible Drug-Response Studies
    • Session 3 | Nov 14, 1-3pm | Robust Methods for Drug Combination Studies

    LOCATION: TMEC 106 Learning Studio
    *There is no remote option for this course.

    REGISTRATION CLOSED

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    From Bench to Bedtime: Entraining Policy to Science

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2022

    Course Description:
    Circadian rhythms have a profound impact on our health and well being. Beyond regulating our sleep, they influence cognitive alertness, gastric motility, and cardiovascular health and many other body processes. Yet, our industrialized, 24/7 world often brings us out of sync with these rhythms leading to pervasive but addressable health consequences. Join us to learn the molecular and circuit mechanisms that sync our circadian rhythms to environmental cues like light and food, how our everyday activities and societal issues impact these rhythms, and...

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    Introduction to Science Policy: Communicating Your Values to Policymakers

    Semester: 

    Winter

    Offered: 

    2023

    The Scientific Citizenship Initiative at HMS (SCI) is offering the Introduction to Science Policy: Communicating Your Values to Policymakers nanocourse for Harvard STEM graduate students and postdocs. The course will be held in-person at Harvard Medical School, 4-7 PM on Tuesday January 10 and Thursday January 12, 2023.

    This interactive course will provide an understanding of the relationship between science and policy, the role of values in crafting policy recommendations, and the complex ecosystem in which...

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    Computational Analysis of Heterogeneity of Cellular Images

    Semester: 

    Winter

    Offered: 

    2023
    REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND

    Cellular heterogeneity has become an increasingly important topic in many areas of cell biology on a wide range of spatiotemporal scales. This course will introduce important concepts of computational image analysis and machine learning that help us characterize cellular heterogeneity within cell images. After the formal lectures, we will utilize the standard software such as MATLAB, CellProfiler, ImageJ in hands-on experiences. The topics will include image processing, segmentation, tracking, feature extraction, and...

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    Intro to Anaerobe Physiology

    Semester: 

    Winter

    Offered: 

    2023

    Co-hosted by the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative, the Massachusetts Host-Microbiome Center, and the Harvard Graduate Program in Bacteriology.

    Course Overview:

    Life on planet earth has been dominated by anaerobes, from the earliest forms of life to the complex microbial communities that comprise your internal gut microbiota. This nanocourse will introduce unique aspects of anaerobe physiology, including adaptions to thrive in anaerobic environments.

    Course schedule:

    The first two sessions are open to...

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    Metabolomics for cancer research – Theory and practice

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2023

    Course Description
    The field of cancer metabolism has grown tremendously in the past decade, contributing major advancements in our understanding of how to diagnose and treat tumors. Despite this, some of the tools required to study cancer metabolism remain out of reach for many labs. This is particularly true for metabolomics, as it...

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    Protein Structure Prediction: Harnessing AlphaFold/ColabFold

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2023
    NANOCOURSE REGISTRATION

    Course Description

    AlphaFold represents a dramatic increase in the power of AI systems to predict a protein’s 3D structure from its amino acid sequence. This nanocourse will introduce how predictive models like Alphafold/Collab work, their strengths and limitations, and how to interpret their predictive results.

    This is a hands-on workshop; participants will use Alphafold and ColabFold, submit computing jobs to the O2 computing platform, and visualize 3D structures. No prior computational experience is required – the workshop will introduce...

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    Electronics and Signal Processing for Experimental Rigs

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2023

    Instructors: Ofer Mazor, Pavel Gorelik

    Course description:

    Biomedical researchers often build and use experimental rigs consisting of several interconnected electronic instruments. These rigs are typically used to make high-quality recordings of weak biological signals. The goal of this course is to demystify the rig: What does each instrument do? How should they be connected? How does one troubleshoot noise, or adjust settings in a principled way?

    The course will focus on fundamental concepts in electronics and signal processing,...

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    Tools & Strategies for Effective Science Writing

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2023

    Course Description
    In order to go from a set of data to a published paper, it’s key to learn the framework of the manuscript building process, develop skills in writing, and find a community of peers who can help you articulate the importance of your research. In this Nanocourse, Dr. Marie Bao (BCMP, Harvard Medical School; former Editor-In-Chief of Developmental Cell), Dr. Milka Kostic (Chemical Biology, DFCI; former Senior Editor of Cell Chemical Biology & Structure), and Dr. Vivian Siegel (Scientific Communications, Biology, MIT; former Editor-In-...

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