Biology: Molecular Biology in Alzheimers Disease

Course 3: Biology: Molecular Biology in Alzheimers Disease

I. Course Description

The human body is like a kingdom of many cells, and in each cell there are many “slips” with genetic information: DNA. On the DNA, there are some fragments called genes. They determine how you have brown eyes, black hair, yellow skin, and what every cell on you is responsible for. Genes, so to speak, are like the code for the human body. With this beautiful set of code, our human body this complex program, can run up. This course is focused on genetic research.

Our brains are not a complete record of experience, but we choose pieces of experience, such as images of faces, key facts, and emotions (after all, memories can be pleasant or painful, and therefore related to emotions). We store memory in the form of cellular and molecular changes in the “neural circuits” of the brain. Changes in neural circuits, especially synapses (connections between neurons), change the communication between neurons, thus changing our thoughts and behavior. Computing by modeling biological systems is the basis of some of the most successful AI algorithms.

II. Professor Introduction

Samuel Kunes – Tenured professor at Harvard University

Professor Samuel Kunes is a tenured professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Harvard University. He graduated from MIT in 1988 with a PhD in genetics. Professor The current study includes the function and plasticity of the adult visual system, and the purpose of this project is to determine the location and manner in which these memories are encoded. Another study looked at how the proteins involved in synaptic plasticity are synthesized locally in response to the environmental inputs that generate memories.

The professor is internationally known for his academic achievements. He has been in the field of biology for more than 40 years. He has published papers in many top academic journals and has a patent: the composition and method of regulating memory. The professor has also received special funding from the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation and has his own named laboratory (Kunes Laboratory) at Harvard.

III. Syllabus

1. Memory and nerves; biochemistry of RNA, DNA and proteins
2. Neurons; cell properties, circuits, and synapses, and cell communication
3. Behavior definition of memory- -human experience and the study of human thinking
4. 4 behavioral Definition of Memory-Using animals as an experimental model
5. Neuronal circuits and synaptic potentials
6. Measure interneuronal communication; synaptic plasticity mechanisms for memory formation
7. Molecular changes in memory storage: changes in synapses
8. 8 The molecular basis of memory formation and storage
9. Adult neurogenesis; Alzheimers disease
10. Prediction error model; transgenerational memory