Nanocourse Archive

Analyzing Genomic Data: Keeping the Patient in Mind

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Course description

Every day, patients are tested for disease-causing genetic variants or treated with anti-cancer medications based on the identification of actionable mutations. The foundation for much of this clinical genomic testing comes from the basic science laboratory. As researchers, it is important to keep in mind the clinical relevance of our work and how our findings may...
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Metabolomics for cancer research – Theory and practice

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

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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Intro to Anaerobe Physiology

Semester: 

Winter

Offered: 

2024

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...

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Arduino for Biologists: Building scientific instruments using Arduino

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

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 interfacing with sensors and actuators in order to build simple lab...

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