Favorite Course 20 subject and why?20.309–Biological Instrumentation and Measurement exposed me to the cross-disciplinary nature of bioengineering and incorporated both theories and hands-on exercises. It was a unique experience to build a microscope from scratch and measure the osmotic shock response of yeast. I still […]
Favorite Course 20 subject and why?20.320 (Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems). This class taught me that, as complex a biological system may be, I could distill it into a relatively simple set of principles and equations. Of course, we learned, “All models are wrong, […]
Favorite Course 20 subject and why?Controversial choice but 20.320! I met some of my closest friends in the major from this class, and I also loved having Forest White and Dane Wittrup as professors. Though modeling in MATLAB was really difficult, the hours upon hours […]
Favorite Course 20 subjects and why?20.320–Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems was the class that made me feel like an engineer. I learned so much and worked so hard in that class. It was so great to see everything that we learned be integrated into […]
Favorite Course 20 subject and why?I loved 20.320–Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems because the subject material was fascinating! Learning how receptor-ligand interactions impact cellular function was complex, intriguing, and something completely new, especially because the class approached the material from an engineering perspective. I […]
Favorite Course 20 subject and why?20.110–Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems and 20.320–Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems, because exciting math with biological applications, and engaging lectures. What will you miss most about being an undergraduate at MIT?Spending time with my friends in Course 20, labs, and […]
Favorite Course 20 subject and why?20.330–Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems was a class that changed my view of bioengineering. I was constantly amazed by how you can integrate physics to describe bioengineering applications. One of the surprises was that receptor-ligand binding can be […]