Category: Life Science
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LIFESCI 3BB3: Neurobiology of Disease
Examination of the cellular, circuit and system level abnormalities that underlie nervous system diseases. Topics may include: addiction, epilepsy, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
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LIFESCI 2BP3: Biophysics of the Cell & Living Organisms
Some of the most exciting breakthroughs in science are made at the interface between disciplines. The course will discuss the way that biophysics techniques are used to study the structure, dynamics and function of molecules in living cells and organisms. Topics may include: solubility of macromolecules, ligand-receptor binding, protein folding, filament assembly, Brownian motion and…
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LIFESCI 3RP3: Research Practicum
The research practicum course provides students in the Life Sciences programs an opportunity to explore potential research projects while volunteering in the laboratory or clinic of a faculty member at McMaster University. The student will complete a research proposal in addition to the placement. You should reach out immediately to potential supervisors at McMaster University…
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LIFESCI 3LA3: Introduction to Data Science
This course will introduce basic concepts of how we use data in science. Students interested in research need to take information they gather or generate from a lab bench, field site, or other source and translate that into meaningful inferences about the processes they are studying. This course will enable students to take complex datasets…
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LIFESCI 2AA3: Introduction to Topics in Life Sciences
This course is a forum for the introduction of diverse interdisciplinary research topics within Life Sciences. Students will explore different methodologies and applications of current research in these fields to human health. Students will also practice communicating science in various formats and explore streams and opportunities in the Life Sciences Program. [3 units]
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Lifesci 2L03: Living Systems Laboratory
The normal physiology of a healthy individual through to the pathophysiological consequences of disease at the cell and tissue level, and how this can lead to greater implications between the various systems of the body will be discussed, in addition to disease management with pharmacologic agents and other lifestyle approaches. [3 units]
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LIFESCI 3AA3: Human Pathophysiology
This course examines the normal physiology of a healthy individual through to the pathophysiological consequences of disease at the cell and tissue level, and how this can lead to greater implications between the various systems of the body. Disease management with pharmacologic agents and other lifestyle approaches will be discussed. [3 unit]
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LIFESCI 1D03: Medical Imaging Physics
An introduction to the physics underlying some of the medical imaging techniques used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Topics include: X-ray (transmission) radiography, computed tomography, an introduction to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), basic principles of ultrasonography, radioactivity and nuclear medicine, and a brief investigation into the biological effects of radiation. [3 units]
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LIFESCI 2A03: Research Methods in Life Sciences
An examination and application of the scientific method. Selected research problems will be explored to experience different approaches to hypothesis formulation, testing, interpretation and communication in the Life Sciences. [3 units]
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LIFESCI 2N03: Human Nutrition for Life Sciences
Basic principles of human nutrition, including the interaction between nutrients and physiological processes that impact health and disease risk. [3 units]
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