B I O E N 5 8 8 - U n i v e r s i t y - o f - W a s h i n g t o n

B I O E N G I N E E R I N G - P R I N C I P L E S - O F - P H Y S I O L O G Y

Paper Presentations
Group #1
Group #2
Group #3
Group #4
Group #5
Group #6

Miniquals
1st Miniqual Due Date
2nd Miniqual Due Date

Exams
Take Home Exam Due Date

Class Schedule

Week
Date
Day
Lecture #
Topic
Lab/Discussion
Assignments
1
09/28/05
Wed
1
Course Introduction and Overview (Regnier) - -
-
09/29/05
Thu
--
- - -
-
09/30/05
Fri
--
NO CLASS - BMES - -
2
10/03/05
Mon
--
IUPS Physiome Project (Hunter) - -
-
10/05/05
Wed
2
Muscle Cell Mechanics I (Regnier) - -
-
10/06/05
Thu
3
Muscle Cell Mechanics II (Regnier)

Intro to Pubmed, ISI, EndNote (presentation)

EndNote Basics (document)

Read and analyze Maeda paper

-
10/07/05
Fri
4
Chemo-mechanics I (Regnier) - -
3
10/10/05
Mon
5
Ca2+ Activation/Modulation (phosphorylation) (Regnier) - -
-
10/12/05
Wed
6
Calcium Activation (Regnier) - -
-
10/13/05
Thu
7
- Maeda Paper Discussion Handout First Miniqual
-
10/14/05
Fri
8
Chemo-mechanics and Motor Proteins (Ashbury) - Read Group 1 paper by 10/20
4
10/17/05
Mon
9
Cardiac Pump Mechanics (Harris) - -
-
10/19/05
Wed
10
Cardiac Pump Regulation (Harris) - -
-
10/20/05
Thu
11
- Group 1: Protein Motors -
-
10/21/05
Fri
12
Cardiac Pathologies and Remodeling (Harris) - -
5
10/24/05
Mon
13
Current Research in Cardiac Repair (Moreno-Gonzalez) - Read Group 2 paper by 10/27
-
10/26/05
Wed
14
Acute Cardiac Damage (Regnier/Stevens) - -
-
10/27/05
Thu
--
- Group 2: Cell Signaling/Modulation -
-
10/28/05
Fri
15
Membrane Biophysics (Regnier) - -
6
10/31/05
Mon
16
Action Potentials I - Skeletal Fibers/Nerves (Regnier) -

Read Group 3 paper by 11/03

-
11/02/05
Wed
17
Action Potentials II - Cardiac (Regnier) - -
-
11/03/05
Thu
--
- Group 3: Membrane Channels First Miniqual DUE at beginning of class

Midterm handed out

-
11/04/05
Fri
18
Action Potential Tutorial Action Potential Tutorial -
7
11/07/05
Mon
19
Clinical Cardiology (Caldwell) - Read Group 4 paper by 11/10

Second mini-qual handed out

-
11/09/05
Wed
20
PAPER (Regnier) - -
-
11/10/05
Thu
--
- Group 4: Cardiac Repair Take-home midterm DUE at beginning of class
-
11/11/05
Fri
21
Veteran's Day -- No Class - -
8
11/14/05
Mon
22
Bone I (Gross) - Read Group 5 paper by 11/17
-
11/16/05
Wed
23
Bone II (Gross) - -
-
11/17/05
Thu
--
- Group 5: Bone Repair -
-
11/18/05
Fri
24
Bone III (Gross) - -
9
11/21/05
Mon
25
Metabolism/Energetics (Conley) - -
-
11/23/05
Wed
26
Metabolism/Energetics (Conley) - -
-
11/24/05
Thu
-
- Thanksgiving Holiday -
-
11/25/05
Fri
27
Thanksgiving Holiday - -
10
11/28/05
Mon
28
Synapses I (Regnier) - -
-
11/30/05
Wed
29
Synapses II (Regnier) - -
-
12/01/05
Thu
--
- Group 6: Neural Networks 2nd Miniqual DUE at beginning of class
-
12/02/05
Fri
30
Neural Networks (Yotter) - -
11
12/05/05
Mon
31
Neural Networks (Yotter) - Take-home final handed out
-
12/07/05
Wed
32
CNS (Ric Robinson) - -
-
12/08/05
Thu
--
- - -
-
12/09/05
Fri
33
Final Thoughts - -
12
12/14/05
-
--
Final Exam due at 12 noon - Final Exam DUE at 12 noon

Notes:

  1. Download lecture material, notes, assignments, and papers by following the appropriate links above.
  2. There is no required textbook. Handouts and articles will be used to supplement lectures. Additional readings from selected textbooks and journal articles can be obtained online through Pubmed or will be provided on the course website as pdf files.
  3. This schedule is flexible and subject to change.

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Last Updated: 09/22/05