BE 4400 - Tissue Engineering

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In this class, students will learn physical laws governing cellular homeostasis including the role of microenvironment on cell life, death, and differentiation and how to control cellular function and genetic programs by adhesion to substrates. Focus will be placed on the interaction between cell shape, substrate, mechanics, receptor mediated adhesion and applied force with mechanical and chemical signal transduction pathways.
Prerequisite(s): [(BIO 1200 and BIO 1300) or BIO 2600] and [CHM 1440 and CHM 1470] and major standing