Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 20.310J (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Matthew Lang
  Prof. Roger Kamm 
• Course Introduction:
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  2.797J / 3.053J / 6.024J / 20.310J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features slides and notes by both the professors and TAs in the lecture notes and recitations sections.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. The class also examines experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .xls.