Plant Biology Courses

Stanford Seminar - Lenia- Biology of Artificial Life, Bert Wang-Chak Chan

Explore artificial life through Lenia, a continuous cellular automaton. Delve into its evolution, physics, taxonomy, and comparisons with Earth life in this thought-provoking seminar.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Plant-Based Meat vs. Animal Meat Effects on Inflammation Biomarkers - Winter 2022

Explore the impact of plant-based vs. animal meats on inflammation biomarkers through a secondary analysis of the SWAP-MEAT trial, presented by Dr. Anthony Crimarco from Stanford University.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Strategies to Identify Aggressive Breast Cancer Biology in Black and Latina Women - Spring 2020

Strategies to identify aggressive breast cancer in Black and Latina women, focusing on MRI screening, biopsy data, and innovative technologies like single-cell analysis and photoacoustic imaging.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Benefits of Plant-Based Proteins - Recipes and Nutrition Insights

Discover plant-based protein benefits with a nutritionist. Learn three tasty recipes: mushroom lentil bolognese, chickpea salad, and chocolate pudding. Explore culinary medicine for long-term health.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Understanding Breast Cancer Biology: New Discoveries and Treatments

Explore new breast cancer therapies, clinical trials, and personal insights from experts, offering hope and knowledge for patients and healthcare professionals alike.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Fog of Concussion - Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Biology

Explore the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and biology of concussions with expert insights on traumatic brain injuries caused by impacts to the head or body.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer

9 reviews

Explore cancer biology, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment methods. Learn about major cancer types, genetic factors, cellular hallmarks, metastasis, imaging techniques, and current therapies.

• Coursera
• 8 hours 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners

11 reviews

Learn Python programming through bioinformatics, solving real biological problems and implementing algorithms. Ideal for beginners interested in computational biology and DNA analysis.

• Coursera
• 19 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introductory Biology

3 reviews

The course focuses on the application of fundamental principles, toward an understanding of microorganisms as geochemical agents responsible for the evolution and renewal of the biosphere and of their role in human health and disease.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 26 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introductory Biology

2 reviews

Introductory Biology provides an introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics for understanding the functions of living systems.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 28 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Biology

The course focuses on the exploration of current research in cell biology, immunology, neurobiology, genomics, and molecular medicine.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 28 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows

12 reviews

Explore plant sensory systems, from light responses to memory and intelligence, through scientific experiments and cutting-edge research. Gain insights into plant biology and challenge perceptions of plant awareness.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Foundations of Computational and Systems Biology

This course is an introduction to computational biology emphasizing the fundamentals of nucleic acid and protein sequence and structural analysis.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 28 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Systems Biology

This course provides an introduction to cellular and population-level systems biology with an emphasis on synthetic biology, modeling of genetic networks, cell-cell interactions, and evolutionary dynamics.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 32 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Principles of Synthetic Biology

Learn how to engineer biological systems and program organisms to perform novel tasks.

• edX
• 15 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)