FY514: Nanobioscience Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07001401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: adam@memphys.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
snv@ifk.sdu.dk
chk@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The science year (first year) must be completed.

Course introduction
This course will treat the core topics of nanobioscience including principles of design and characterization of specific systems within nanobioscience. The aim is a thorough understanding of important concepts and principles governing the structure and function of nanostructures in biological and artificial systems.

Qualifications
The student will be introduced to the core topics of nanobioscience including topics such as:
• Locating, reading and understanding selected scientific papers in the field. Use of the information in these papers to advance the students own projects.
• Understanding the general principles behind formation of nanoscale structures including principles of self-assembly and basic introduction to lithographical techniques. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches.
• Understand how specific selected nanobiosystems are formed or prepared.
• Appreciate the technological possibilities in the fabrication of synthetic nanobiostructures with new functionality.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
Topics included in the course are:
• Information retrieval, article-search and reading. Presentation of articles
• Nanostructures on solid surfaces including pattering and lithographical techniques.
• Nanoparticles
• Energy and motility on the nanoscale.
• Biological and bio-inspired nanostructures including membrane structures, DNA-nanochemistry, protein aggregates as well as other structures based on natural or artifical building blocks.
• Technologically applied nanobiosystems such as sensors and drug delivery systems.

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Syllabus
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Written exam. External examiner. Marks according to the Danish 7-scale.
Notes and books are allowed. A number of problems are posed that are derived from topics in recent research papers in the field of nanobioscience.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Undervisningen er en kombination af forelæsninger (21 timer), opgaveregning, gruppearbejde og individuelle fremlæggelser (21 timer) samt laboratoriedemonstrationer og evt. en ekskursion (8 timer).
Educational activities

Language
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Course enrollment
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