Bioprocesses make use of microorganisms, animal cells, or enzymes to manufacture new products or complete a chemical transformation. Since ancient days, humans have been using microorganisms to transform biological materials for the production of alcoholic beverages and other fermented foods. Since then, bioprocesses have been developed for an enormous range of commercial … [Read more...] about Introduction to Industrial Bioprocess Development
Physical Science and Engineering
Implementation of PhET Activities for STEM Education
PhET Interactive Simulations ( https://phet.colorado.edu/ ), a project of the University of Colorado Boulder, provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations for use across, primary, secondary, and higher education levels. We extensively test and evaluate each simulation to ensure educational effectiveness. All simulations are open source and … [Read more...] about Implementation of PhET Activities for STEM Education
Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics
The course is intended for students in the biomedical sciences and researchers who use informatics tools in their research and have not had training in reproducibility tools and methods. This course is written for individuals who: - Have some familiarity with R or Python - have written some scripts. - Have not had formal training in computational methods. - Have limited or no … [Read more...] about Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics
Pets, Politics and Pandemics
This course is designed to be a fun and accessible introduction to the topic of systems theory. Systems theory describes a number of fundamental concepts that undergird a broad array of phenomena across many different social, political and natural arenas. It is from this broad applicability that the course derives its title: Pets (social), politics (political and economic) and … [Read more...] about Pets, Politics and Pandemics
The Great Sustainability Transition: Global challenges, Local actions
Drastic shifts are needed. Get the knowledge and skills to take local action. Setting the stage: Why do we care? Learn about sustainability and staying with the environmental boundaries of our planet. Understand the effects of growing affluence and population growth, and the key challenges we are facing. By participating in the local action exercises you learn how to influence … [Read more...] about The Great Sustainability Transition: Global challenges, Local actions
