Biomedical Engineering classes  
   

BME 301B: Quantitative Physiology. Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-2:30pm, Whitaker 100.

Recommended textbook:

Jaakko Malmivuo and Robert Plonsey, BIOELECTROMAGNETISM: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields. Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-19-505823-2. [html]

BME 530: Molecular Cell Biology For Engineers. Lecture: Fluorescence Imaging of cells. [handout-BW] [handout-Color]

BME 575: Molecular Basis of Bioelectric Excitation. Lecture: Gap junctions and propagation of cardiac action potentials. [handout]

Recommended manuscripts to read:

1. Desplantez T, Halliday D, Dupont E, Weingart R, Cardiac connexins Cx43 and Cx45: formation of diverse gap junction channels with diverse electrical properties. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol (2004) 448: 363–375. [PDF]

2. Saez, JC, Berthoud, VM, Branes MC, Martinez AD, Beyer EC, Plasma Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins: Their Regulation and Functions. Physiol Rev, (2003) 83: 1359–1400. [PDF]

3. Segretain D, Falk MM. Regulation of connexin biosynthesis, assembly, gap junction formation, and removal. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1662 (2004) 3 – 21. [PDF]

BME 471: Bioelectric Phenomena, Whitaker Hall, [handout1][handout2]   

Recommended textbook:

Jaakko Malmivuo and Robert Plonsey, BIOELECTROMAGNETISM: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields. Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-19-505823-2. [html]

BME 140: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Whitaker Hall, [slides], [handout-BW], [handout-Color]   

Lectures from previous years:

BME 471: Bioelectric Phenomena, Whitaker Hall, [handout1], [handout2]   

BME 301B: Quantitative Physiology II: The Cardiovascular System & Electrical Activity of the Heart, 218  Whitaker Hall, [slides], [handout]   

EBME 313 (lab): Optical Mapping of Electrical Activity in the Heart, Wickenden 510, [Handout], [Data files and user's guide]   

EBME 452: Physiological Processes II, Muscle & Cardiovascular System, [Section handouts and links]   

EBME 105: Introduction to Biomedcial Engineering, Cardiac Bioelectricity, [Section handouts and links]