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Course Catalog 2012-2013
BME-1906 Doctoral Seminar on BME, 5-10 cr |
Additional information
The topic and the text of the seminar are given at the beginning of each implementation of the course. Implementations vary annually and usually take 2 periods.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Hannu Eskola, Ilkka Korhonen, Kari Mäkelä, Heimo Ylänen, Jari Viik, Jari Hyttinen, Minna Kellomäki
Lessons
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Requirements
Active participation in the seminar and accepted seminar presentations.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
Student has gained a deep insight to the subject covered in the seminar.
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | The Physiology of Bioelectricity in Development, Tissue Regeneration and Cancer | Edited by Christine E . Pullar | Suomi |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| BME-1806 Master's Seminar on Biomedical Engineering | Advisable |
Additional information about prerequisites
Doctoral seminar is available also for MSc degree students planning post-graduate studies.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| State-of-the-art molecular approaches demonstrate the role of bioelectricity in the directionality and speed of cell migration, proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and orientation. New information indicates that electric fields play a role in initiating and coordinating complex regenerative responses in development and wound repair and that they may also have a part in cancer progression and metastasis. Book considers methods for detecting endogenous electric field gradients and studying applied electric fields in the lab. The book addresses bioelectricity’s roles in guiding cell behavior during morphogenesis and orchestrating higher order patterning. It also covers the response of stem cells to applied electric fields, which reveals bioelectricity as an exciting new player in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. This book provides an in-depth exploration of how electric signals control corneal wound repair and skin re-epithelialization, angiogenesis, and inflammation. It also delves into the bioelectric responses of cells derived from the musculoskeletal system, bioelectrical guidance of neurons, and the beneficial application of voltage gradients to promote regeneration in the spinal cord. It concludes with a discussion of bioelectricity and cancer progression and the potential for novel cancer biomarkers, new methods for early detection, and bioelectricity-based therapies to target both the tumor and metastatic cancer cells. This multidisciplinary compilation will benefit biologists, biochemists, biomedical scientists, engineers, dermatologists, and clinicians, or anyone else interested in development, regeneration, cancer, and tissue engineering. It can also serve as an ideal textbook for students in biology, medicine, medical physiology, biophysics, and biomedical engineering. |