About this course

This course provides you with conceptual understanding of methodologies employed to examine the human body at various levels of organization, from organ systems to organs, tissues, cells, and molecules. This course provides you with corresponding hands-on training on common procedures utilized in biomedical research and medical diagnostics. You learn how to measure common physiological parameters, utilize basic clinical equipment, culture mammalian cells, and conduct cellular and molecular-based assays to evaluate protein expression profiles. In addition, you learn how to design biomedical experimentation and critically analyze results from biomedical testing.

Syllabus

Summer 2026

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Prerequisites

One year of biology, one year of chemistry, and one course with a lab component, all at university level.

Faculty

Charilaos Chourpiliadis

MD (University of Patras 2017), MMSc in Epidemiology (Karolinska Institutet 2022). Ph.D student (Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet 2022-present) with a research focus on risk factors (environmental, genetic) on the risk and progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. With DIS since March 2024.

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