Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2012

     

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GLHT 361 001 (CRN: 25648)

METAB ENG GLOBAL HEALTH ENVMNT

Long Title: METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS
Department: Global Health Technologies
Instructor: Bennett, George
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR (9-JAN-2012 - 20-APR-2012) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Prerequisites: (BIOE 362 OR GLHT 362) AND (PHYS 126 OR PHYS 102 OR PHYS 112 OR PHYS 142) AND MATH 102
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 3
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 4
Enrollment data as of: 11-MAY-2024 11:12AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
Description: Importance of nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, impact of cost of compounds on global health; Overview of biochemical pathways; Genetic engineering and molecular biology tools for ME; Nutritional molecules; Pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, tamiflu-against influenza virus; anti-parasite compounds against malaria and filaria diseases; anti-diarrhea treatments). Cross-list: BIOC 361, BIOE 361.
 
Course URL: http://www.btb.rice.edu