Fundamentals and Electives
The Biotechnology Training Program course requirements are described in detail on the Program Requirements page.
The following is a non-comprehensive list of courses that are available to BTP trainees and which satisfy the Biology Fundamentals and Biotech Elective course requirements. This list is updated periodically, and there are certainly other courses (potentially new courses) which could also satisfy these requirements. Trainees are encouraged to discuss potential course choices with BTP leadership.
Biology Fundamentals
Biomedical Engineering Department
- Advanced Systems Physiology (BMD_ENG 402 and 403)
- Foundations of Regenerative Engineering (BMD_ENG 347)
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
- Principles of Synthetic Biology (CHEM_ENG 376)
Chemistry Department
- Principles of Chemical Biology (Chem 415)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Microbiology (CIV_ENV 361)
Driskill Graduate Program
- Signal Transduction and Human Diseases (DGP 435)
- Introduction to Immunology (DGP 440)
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program
- Advanced Cell Biology (BIOL_SCI 315)
- Immunobiology (BIOL_SCI 355)
- Molecular Biology of Genome Editing and Engineering (BIOL_SCI 390)
- Molecular Biology of Human Disease (IBIS 402)
- Advanced Topics in Cell Biology (IBIS 406)
- Quantitative Biology (IBIS 410)
Biotech Electives
Biomedical Engineering Department
- Biochemical Sensors (BMD_ENG 317)
- Theory and Control of Biological Systems (BMD_ENG 321)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BMD_ENG 327)
- Biomaterials and Medical Devices (BMD_ENG 343)
- Biological Performance of Materials (BMD_ENG 344)
- Tissue Engineering (BMD_ENG 346)
- Bioelectronics (BMD_ENG 353)
- Mechanics of Biological Tissues (BMD_ENG 371)
- Artificial Organs (BMD_ENG 379)
- Biological Phenomena in Cell/Cell-Free Systems (BMD_ENG 443)
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
- Transport Phenomena in Living Systems (CHEM_ENG 371)
- Bionanotechnology (CHEM_ENG 372)
- Biotechnology and Global Health (CHEM_ENG 373)
- Biochemical Engineering (CHEM_ENG 375)
- Principles of Synthetic Biology (CHEM_ENG 376)
- Bioseparations (CHEM_ENG 377)
- Deconstructing Synthetic Biology (CHEM_ENG 378)
- Computational Biology: Principles and Applications (CHEM_ENG 379)
- Practical Biological Imaging (CHEM_ENG 381)
- Biotechnology Regulatory Science (ChE 382)
- Biotechnology-focused Special Topics (ChE 395)
- Interfacial Phenomena and Bionanotechnology (ChE 472)
- Cell Material Interactions (ChE 475)
- Cell Culture and Ex Vivo Tissue Engineering (ChE 479)
Chemistry Department
- Physical Biochemistry (Chem 356)
- Chemistry of Life Processes (Chem 405)
- Bioorganic Chemistry (Chem 414)
- Organic Nanotechnology (Chem 415)
- Medicinal Chemistry (Chem 415)
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 435)
Driskill Graduate Program
- Introduction to Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology (DGP 420)
- Signal Transduction and Human Diseases (DGP 435)
- Introduction to Immunology (DGP 440)
- Tumor Cell Biology (DGP 450)
- Data Science for Biomedical Researchers (DGP 485)
Electrical Engineering
- Machine Learning for Medical Images and Signals (Elec Eng 395)
Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics
- From Physics to Data-Driven Modeling (ESAM 395)
- Introduction to the Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data (ESAM 472)
- Special Topics: Modeling Metabolic Networks (ESAM 495)
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program
- Advanced Cell Biology (BIOL_SCI 315)
- Biology of Animal Viruses (BIOL_SCI 319)
- Physical Biochemistry (BIOL_SCI 321)
- Bioinformatics (BIOL_SCI 323)
- Quantitative Analysis of Biology (BIOL_SCI 354)
- Immunobiology (BIOL_SCI 355)
- Principles of Cell Signaling (BIOL_SCI 360)
- Protein Structure and Function (BIOL_SCI 361)
- Functional Genomics (BIOL_SCI 378)
- Biology of Cancer (BIOL_SCI 380)
- Advanced Molecular Biology (BIOL_SCI 390)
- Developmental Biology (BIOL_SCI 391)
- Genetic Analysis (BIOL_SCI 393)
- Molecular Biophysics (IBIS 401)
- Molecular Biology (IBIS 402)
- Advanced Topics in Cell Biology (IBIS 406)
- Genetics and Epigenetics (IBIS 407)
- Statistics for Life Sciences (IBIS 432)
- Development and Evolution of Body Plans (IBIS 491)
Materials Science & Engineering
- Organic Nanomaterials (MatSci 444)
- Charge Transport in Electronic Materials: Models and Methods (MatSci 459)
- Analytical Electron Microscopy (466)
- Biominerals: Hierarchical Architecture and Function (MatSci 471)
- Physical Chemistry of Polymers (MatSci 495)
Northwestern Univeristy Interdepartmental Neuroscience
- Advanced Neuroanatomy (NUIN 440)
- Issues in Movement and Rehabilitation Science (NUIN 442)