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Cell Biology: Transport and Signaling
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Advanced Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Membranes, Lipids, and Proteins
- Intracellular Transport and Protein Secretion
- Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Transport
- Principles of Signal Transduction
- Signaling Pathways and Regulatory Paradigms
Prerequisite
Undergraduate biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology (as found in
and )Instructors
Rebecca Lamason
Robert A. Swanson Career Development Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Iain Cheeseman
Professor of Biology; Member, Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mary Ellen Wiltrout
Director of Blended and Online Initiatives, Lecturer, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Darcy Gordon
Instructor of Blended and Online Initiatives, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monika Avello
Instructor, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caitlin Friend
MITx Digital Learning Fellow, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mingyu Yang
PhD Student
Health Sciences and Technology, MIT
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