2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Information and Communications Engineering Graduate major in Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Masato Sone / Tetsuya Kitaguchi / Madoka Suzuki
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- HCB.C451
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students receive lectures about the leading edge of life engineering fields from leading experts in relevant field.
Course description and aims
Students will be able to:
Acquire knowledges of the cutting edge in life engineering fields
Raise problems in process of advanced research and development
Solve those problems.
Keywords
the cutting edge of life enginering, advanced research and development
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- Development power
Class flow
Researchers at the forefront give the lectures. Suzukake campus. B2-524. Face-to-face lecture. Japanese only.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basics of Cellular Temperature Perception and Heat Production 1 | Understand how living organisms perceive temperature and how they release heat (heat production). |
| Class 2 | Basics of Cellular Temperature Perception and Heat Production 2 | Understand how living things perceive temperature and how they release heat (heat production). |
| Class 3 | Technical Development of Temperature Measurement and Local Heating Using Optical Microscopy 1 | Understand the fundamentals of fluorescence microscopy and related experimental techniques. |
| Class 4 | Technical Development of Temperature Measurement and Local Heating Using Optical Microscopy 2 | Understand the fundamentals of fluorescence microscopy and related experimental techniques. |
| Class 5 | Thermal responses found at the protein, cell, and individual scales 1 | Understand intracellular fluorescence temperature imaging techniques and possible artifacts. |
| Class 6 | Thermal responses found at the protein, cell, and individual scales 2 | Understand intracellular fluorescence temperature imaging techniques and possible artifacts. |
| Class 7 | Differential heat response by disease-associated mutants and its association with disease | Know specific examples of how genetic variation can cause diseases related to heat response. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Prepare reports or presentation materials related to the lecture
Textbook(s)
Not specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified
Evaluation methods and criteria
50% for questions and/or group work, 50% for reports and/or presentations
Related courses
- HCB.C452 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation II
- HCB.C551 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation III
- HCB.C552 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation IV
Prerequisites
Students need to acquire fundamental knowledge in the fields of life-engineering.
Other
If misconduct, such as plagiarism or misappropriation of someone else's work is committed, we will treat it strictly： The grade of the subject will be 0.