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STEM1050 Micro-and Nano-technology for Biosensing 微納生物傳感技術

Monday, August 15, 2022

Course Outline:
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(Last update on: 26 April 2022)

Key facts for Summer 2022:

Date:		15-19, 22-23, 24* August 2022 (42 hours)
Time:		9:30 am – 12:30 pm & 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Teaching Platform:		Face to Face (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) ^#
Enrollment:		30
Expected Applicants:		Students who are studying S4-S6 or equivalent who must have taken at least Biology and Physics and preferably the following science courses, including Chemistry, Combined Science, Information and Communication Technology, Design and Applied Technology, Mathematics Extended Module 1 or 2
Tuition Fee:		HKD 3500.00 (Students who have attended all sessions will be granted a HKD 500 scholarship)
Lecturer:		Prof. GAO Zhaoli (Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK) Prof. DINH Ngoc Duy (Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK) Dr. SIOW Lam Nina (School of Life Sciences, CUHK) Prof. NGO Chi Ki Jacky (School of Life Sciences, CUHK)
* This date is reserved for make-up classes in case there is any cancellation of classes due to unexpected circumstances. # This course will be offered on CUHK campus in face-to-face mode only. It may be cancelled in accordance with the pandemic development and the policy of the university.

Introduction:

Micro- and nano-technology allows the manipulation of matter on a near-atomic scale (~1 billionth of a meter!) to produce new structures, materials and devices. At the micro- and nano-scale, materials begin to exhibit unique properties that affect physical, chemical, and biological behaviors, which may provide unprecedented opportunities for frontier medical research to detect biomolecules effectively and to study the properties of biomolecules in details.

微納技術可在近原子尺度（約十億分之一米）上操縱物質，以創造新的結構、材料和設備。不同材料在微米和納米尺度上會展現出影響其物理、化學和生物行為的獨特性質，這可以為前沿醫學深入研究生物分子性質以及實現有效檢測提供前所未有的機會。

Programme sponsored by:	Shanghai Fraternity Association
Organising units:	Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK Centre for Promoting Science Education, CUHK
Category:		Category I – University Credit-Bearing
Learning outcomes:		Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Learning outcomes:	explain the fundamentals of DNA, RNA and Protein describe the tools used in nanomaterials fabrication and characterization describe the fundamentals of nanotechnology and nanobiosensing understand the applications of microfluidic chip for detecting the biomolecules (i.e. protein/DNA/RNA) understand the principle of point-of-care diagnostics (i.e. Covid19 virus rapid diagnostics)
Learning Activities:	Lectures Exercise and Assignment Lab
Medium of Instruction:		English supplemented with Cantonese
Assessment:	Essay test or exam Lab Report
Recognition:		No. of University unit(s): 2 * Certificate or letter of completion will be awarded to students who attain at least 75% attendance and pass the assessment (if applicable)
Recognition:
Expected applicants:		Students studying S4-S6 or equivalent who must have taken at least one science course which include Biology, Chemistry, Combined Science, Physics, Information and Communication Technology, Design and Applied Technology, Mathematics Extended Module 1 or 2
Organising period:		Summer 2022
Application method:		SAYT Online application