Health & Life Sciences, Agriculture, Botany, Paleontology, Notes

Comparative Physiology

Digestion, Transport, Secretion, Absorption, Hormonal Regulation, Chemical Communication, Storage & Release/ Action and Examples, Circulation, Design, Evolution, Mammalian Heart & vascular System, Regulation Blood Pressure/ volume, Anatomy, Detoxification, Osmoregulation, Mammalian Kidney, Muscle

Protein Folding Problem

mechanisms by which amino acid sequence of polypeptide chains determine three-dimensional conformation, sequence determinants of secondary structure, folding of newly synthesized polypeptide chains, folding intermediates aggregation & competing off-pathway reactions, unfolding and refolding of proteins in vitro, role of helper proteins, protein recovery problems, diseases associated with protein folding defects: readings, projects, study materials, related resources

Introduction to Bioengineering

science basis for bioengineering with particular emphasis on molecular cell biology and systems biology: Video interviews of a selection of bioengineering faculty from various School of Engineering Departments at MIT

Agricultural Science and Policy

natural resource conservation for ensuring healthy agricultural food and environmental systems, focuses on soils, water, air and energy, delves into plant nutrients, plant-pest interaction, crop breeding and livestock production: readings, Image Gallery, Supplementary Material

Introduction to Biology

fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology and cell biology, Biological function at the molecular level, structure and regulation of genes & structure and synthesis of proteins, how these molecules are integrated into cells, how these cells are integrated into multicellular systems and organisms: Readings, Recitations, Study Materials

Image Library

find / download hundreds of images from OCW courses, most licensed for reuse and their incorporation into your own educational materials encouraged

Foundations of Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Systems Biology

describes and illustrates computational approaches to solving problems in systems biology, series of case-studies explored that demonstrate how an effective match between statement of a biological problem and selection of appropriate algorithm or computational technique can lead to fundamental advances, covering several discrete and numerical algorithms used in simulation, feature extraction, and optimization for molecular, network, and systems models in biology: course download

MyCourses, Medical School Open Courseware Initiative

images, audio and video clips, online textbooks, journal articles, and other multimedia files

Biological Oceanography

biological oceanographic processes and how these processes interact with the Earth's physical and chemical environment: readings, History Oceanography Review & Optics Phytoplankton Groups Pigments & Photosynthesis, Trophic Structure, Biodiversity, Zooplankton, NA vs NP Bloom, Optical Oceanography, Variability, Benthic Environments, Climate Change

Molecular Biology Notebook

Beginner's guide to molecular biology (short course on the central dogma of molecular biology giving simple information on the cell, DNA, RNA, and proteins, and how to make proteins), Famous Lives (collection of links to bibliographies)

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