Bioengineering
BIOE 5440: The Cell as a Machine
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Introduces the key roles that physical forces, the extracellular matrix, and cytoskeletal structure play in the development of human diseases.
- The cell is viewed as an engineering system that is capable of sensing physical cues from its environment, integrating such information from different mechano-sensors, and responding to changes in its external environment in a coherent manner.
- Uses mathematical and computational models to explain how cells sense and respond to physical cues.
Introduces the key roles that physical forces, the extracellular matrix, and cytoskeletal structure play in the development of human diseases. Show more.