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Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Bioelectronics (MSc) (PGEE11106)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryBioelectronics involves the application of electronic engineering principles to biology, medicine, and the health sciences. An important part of this is the development of the communication interface between biological materials (cells, tissue and organs) and electronic components. This Course introduces the biochemical, biophysical and physiological concepts that are of relevance to bioelectronics, and will also serve to provide introductory material that will be extended in other courses of the Bioelectronics MSc Degree (namely the courses on BioSensors, Biosensors and Instrumentation, and Lab-on-Chip Technologies.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
An understanding will form of the basic physico-chemical properties of proteins and DNA, and the physiological properties of membranes, cells, tissues and some organs, together with an appreciation of the relationship between structure and function. The distinction between the passive and active electrical properties of membranes will be understood, along with the origins of electrical signals emanating from the brain (electroencephalography) and heart (electrocardiogram). A working understanding of the design and use of bioelectrodes will also be attained.
Reading List
Recommended:
"Introductory Bioelectronics: for Engineers and Physical Scientists", R. Pethig and S. Smith, Wiley, 2012, ISBN: 978-1119970873
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAmperometry,bacteria,bioelectrodes,biomolecules,biosensors,cells,DNA,electrocardiography
Contacts
Course organiserDr Adam Stokes
Tel: (0131 6)50 5611
Email: Adam.Stokes@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Megan Inch-Kellingray
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: M.Inch@ed.ac.uk
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