MSE 693N - Materials Science Technologies for Applications in Life Sciences

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Introduction to integrating nanotechnology and materials science with life sciences
Proteins and DNA: Structure and properties
Microfabrication techniques and soft lithography; Fundamentals of bio-MEMS, microfluidic devices and Lab-on-chip devices
Biocompatibility
Self assembly: Structure, Mechanism and Applications
Biofunctionalization of nano-materials and drug delivery techniques
Overview of characterization techniques:
Applications of Materials Science in Life Sciences including sensing, bio-MEMS devices, drug delivery, and biomedical devices using case studies

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Books and References

B. Alberts et al., Essential Cell Biology. (Garland Publishing Inc., New York, ed. Third, 2009).
S. S. Saliterman, Fundamentals of bioMEMS and medical microdevices. (Willey-Interscience, Bellingham, 2005).
T.J. Kindt et al., Kyby immunology. (W.H. Freeman, 6 th edition 2007)
C. S. S. R. Kumar, Biofunctionalization of Nanomaterials. C. S. S. R. Kumar, Ed., Nanotechnologies for the life sciences (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006), vol. 1, pp. 366
C. S. S. R. Kumar, Nanomaterials for biosensors. C. S. S. R. Kumar, Ed., Nanotechnologies for the life sciences (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006), vol. 8.
C. S. S. R. Kumar, Nanosystem characterization tools in the life sciences. C. S. S. R. kumar, Ed., Nanotechnologies for the life sciences (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005), vol. 3.
J. M. Anderson, Annu Rev of Matl Res, 31, 81 (2001)