Critical Assessment of Biotechniques

2 credits

Prerequisites: Biomedical Research Technologies (BRT) MS Students must be enrolled in GMS MM730. All other students need permission of the course director. This course has three objectives: 1) It will provide students with basic understanding of how to read a published research paper, critically assess its methodology and technical details, and reproduce its methods to develop new experiments. 2) It will teach students how to access publically available databases and software applications used in the analysis of genetic and omics data. 3) It will teach students how to understand and evaluate technical sheets for commonly used methodologies and of commercial products used in laboratory research. 2 cr.