一、課程說明(Course Description)
This course is an introduction of techniques in Biology and Medicine including the methods and tools
applied in research in the area, and cutting edge technologies, which impacts the basic research and clinic
application in Biology and Medicine. Lecture discussions focus on the following topics:
‧ Review of molecular biology
‧ Nucleic acid technology
‧ Protein technology
‧ Molecular diagnosis, monoclonal antibodies, microarray, library screening.
‧ Drug delivery and vaccine design.
‧ Human molecular genetics, gene therapy and genome editing
‧ Experimental animal model, Transgenic and knockout mice
‧ Stem cell technology

二、成績考核(Evaluation)
Exam 50%
Class Discussions and presentation 40%
Attendance 10%

List of Lecture

1. Introduction of the course
2. Introduction of Biotechnology
3. Nucleic Acid technology I
4. Nucleic Acid technology II
5. Gene Therapy and genome editing technology
6. Protein technology I
7. Protein technology II
8. Vaccine technology
9. Molecular Diagnosis and drug discovery – Arrays and Libraries.
10. Animal Biotechnology – transgenic and knockout animals, Disease models, Imagine Technology.
11. Micro and Nanotechnology
12. biotechnology in tissue engineering and stem cell biology


課程簡介 :
本堂課將深入淺出的介紹生物醫學技術, 課程內容涵蓋基本細胞分子生物學背景; 進行生醫基礎研究時在實驗室應用的各
種實驗技術; 臨床藥物或檢測技術的開發; 先進醫學技術例如基因治療, 基因編輯等技術的探討; 奈米化學材料於生醫技
術和醫療上的應用…等.

授課方式:
本課程為研究所課程, 上課方式合併一般講課 (75%) 和課堂小組討論 (25%),
每一單元皆設計3~4個開放性討論問題,
培養同學獨立思考和研究能力, 教師亦參與討論並給予回饋.

評分方式:
包含一次課堂口頭報告(英文)以及兩次筆試.
筆試內容80%來自“學生出題”, 訓練同學“問好問題”
(公開題目並於課堂上討論).