Course Curriculum
Week 1 - Introduction to Common Research Technology and Concepts of Ligand Evolution
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- Monday - Review of Basic Biotechnology
- Tuesday - Review of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Application in Diagnosis of COVID-19
- Wednesday - The Concepts of Directed Enzyme Evolution and Phage Display Library
- Thursday - Directed Evolution of Nucleic Acids Molecular Recognition Elements
- Friday - Concepts of Antibodies for Diagnostics (Optional)
Week 2 - Literature Reviews on Aptamer as therapeutics, diagnostics, and biosensing material
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- Monday - Clinical Development and Potential of Aptamers for Thrombotic Events Treatment and Monitoring
- Tuesday - Single-stranded DNA aptamers against pathogens and toxins: Identification and biosensing applications Part I
- Wednesday - Single-stranded DNA aptamers against pathogens and toxins: Identification and biosensing applications Part II
- Thursday - An overview of DNA/RNA-based monitoring tools and biosensors: Benefits and applications in the environmental toxicology
- Friday - Preview of current research in COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2 (Optional)
Week 3 - SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: Updates on clinical and basic sciences
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- Monday - How does SARS-CoV-2 kill patients?
- Tuesday - What are the approaches to treat COVID-19 patients? How does these drugs work?
- Wednesday - What are the vaccines that are in development for COVID-19? How are they different from each other?
- Thursday - What is the most frequent mutation observed in SARS-CoV-2. What is the implication and what does it mean to us?
- Friday - What are the new updates on COVID-19 this week?
Week 4 - The Art of Science Presentation (in a nutshell): Theory and Practice
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Week 5 - Science at Home: Connecting Science with Our Daily Lives
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