The course of Cell Biology and Physiology for engineers presents the cell as the elementary unit that constitutes all living organisms and assumes the functioning of those organisms. The course portrays at a molecular level the organization of cells, how cells and their components support physiological functions, how cells integrate within their microenvironment, and the fates of cells in several pathophysiological contexts. The course of Cell Biology and Physiology for engineers also documents technics allowing studying cells and how to manipulate cells and their components for biotechnological applications or therapeutic purposes.
The course is divided into 16 blocks:
- Cells: composition, organization and evolution
- The central dogma of molecular biology - Cell division and DNA replication. DNA compaction
- The central dogma of molecular biology - RNA transcription
- The central dogma of molecular biology - Protein synthesis
- Biotechnology tools
- Protein structures and functions
- RNA decay / RNA modifications / Vaccines
- Biological membranes and cell-cell communications
- Bioenergetics
- Cytoskeleton : tubulin, cell shape / cell cycle and division
- Cytoskeleton : actin, cell migration, intermediate filaments
- Signal transduction
- Cell differentiation
- Cell death : apoptosis and necrosis
- Immune system / Cancer
- Visit of the BIOC lab
