Text Books: N/A
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<br>References: Methods in Enzymology Volume 646 (January 2021)
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<br>Teaching Method: English lecture combined with latest journal paper discussion.
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<br>Syllabus: 
<br>Week 1: Introduction
<br>Week 2: Basic Concepts of liquid–liquid phase separation
<br>Week 3: Method to study LLPS
<br>Week 4: Sequence-specific coarse-grained model
<br>Week 5: Cell-free reconstitution of multi-condensate assemblies
<br>Week 6: Characterizing the material properties of biomolecular condensates
<br>Week 7: Measuring the activity and structure condensates inside liquid-liquid 
<br>phase separation
<br>Week 8: Panel discussion
<br>Week 9: Mid-term
<br>Week 10: LLPS and diseases
<br>Week 11: Alzheimer/Parkinson diseases and LLPS
<br>Week 12: Frontotemporal dementia and LLPS
<br>Week 13: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and LLPS
<br>Week 14: Cancer and LLPS
<br>Week 15: SARS-CoV-2 and LLPS
<br>Week 16: LLPS, organelles and pathogenesis
<br>Week 17: Panel discussion
<br>Week 18: Final Exam
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<br>Evaluation:
<br>40 % - Mid-term Exam
<br>40 % - Final Exam
<br>15 % - Discussion in the classes
<br>5 % - Attendance
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<br>Website:
<br>E-learning platform: eeclass of National Tsing Hua University