6.099

EECS and Human Health

Spring Term 2008-2009

 


 

Overview

This subject acquaints undergraduates, particularly freshmen, with the broad spectrum of research concerned with biology and human health carried on by members of the faculty of the EECS Department.

Many faculty members would welcome students who want to be involved with UROP projects in their research groups.

Weekly lectures and laboratory visits are hosted by members of the department faculty and research staff. The class meets on Mondays from 4-5 PM in 34-301. The first meeting will be held on Monday February 9, 2009.

Contact L. D. Braida if you would like more information about 6.099.

A tentative list of the talks scheduled for the Spring 09 term is presented below.


 

Instruction Staff

Rec. Instructor Prof. L. D. Braida 36-709 ldbraida
Course Secretary Denise Rossetti 36-747 drossett

 

Schedule of Talks

Feb. 9 - Dr. R. Mark
Feb. 17 - S. Bhatia, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies
Feb. 23 - P. Szolovits
Mar. 2 - C. Stultz, RLE Computational Biophysics Group
Mar. 9 - E. Adalsteinsson
Mar. 16 - J. Han, RLE Micro/Nanofluidic BioMEMS Group
Mar. 30 - M. Yanik
Apr. 6 - J. Fugimoto and A. Grodzinsky
Apr. 13 - M. Kellis, Recombinational Regulatory Genomics
Apr. 27 - J. Glass and R. Sarpeshkar
May 4 - J. Guttag
May 11 - T. Knight