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This course will teach the fundamental biological concepts that inform our current understanding of cancer development, the molecular genetics behind it and its spread within...

This online course explores how scientists are deciphering the language of genomes.

This course gives an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genomics and biotechnology, and their implications for human biology, evolution, medicine, social policy and...

This online course explores how genes are inherited and how they affect important personal and societal issues (part 2 of 2).

This class will cover an introduction to command line tools for managing genomic data. It will start with basic Unix commands for managing files and directories, followed by a...

This online course teaches how the brain works and the basics of neuroscience, genetics and consciousness.

This course begins a series of classes illustrating the power of computing in modern biology. It teaches how to apply popular bioinformatics software tools to real experimental...

This online course (MOOC) explores genetic, environmental, psychological, economic and social factors in treating chronic diseases such as diabetes.

This course teaches how graph theory can be used to assemble genomes from these short pieces and also about brute force algorithms and how to apply them to sequencing...

This online course explores how molecular genetic techniques are used to identify the genetic factors that contribute to the development of disease.

This course covers the concepts and tools to understand, analyze, and interpret data from next generation sequencing experiments. It teaches the most common tools used in...

Students will learn about fundamental principles of inheritance, gene expression, mutation and variation, development of simple and complex biological traits, human ancestry and...

In this course, participants will learn how advances in genetics have affected society and what we need to know to make ethical decisions about genetic technologies. This course...

In this biology online course (MOOC) participants will learn how the recognition of DNA as the genetic material and the ensuing identification of its structure and coding...

This online course (MOOC) introduces the fundamentals of cancer biology, diagnosis, and treatment. Topics covered in the course are:Incidence and Etiology of CancerGenetics of...

This online course helps to understand the evolution of Alzheimer’s Disease through a molecular and genetic perspective and the contribution of a biological approach to the...

Khan Academy provides various free introductory biology video lessons. Topics include acids and bases, properties of carbon, macromolecules, energy / metabolism, enzymes, cell...

This online course gives an introduction to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). It includes the physiology of the human liver followed by epidemiology, pathophysiology,...

This online course explores how to perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

This online course explores the basics of genetic engineering and biotechnology and why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are politically contentious.