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Covers carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism, insulin-receptor interaction, fat storage, and blood glucose control.

Metabolism 1: General Overview

Provides an overview of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism, insulin function, and hormonal control of food intake.

Nutrition Evaluation: Microfluidic Gastrointestinal Tract Mimic

Explores a project evaluating food quality and developing a microfluidic gastrointestinal tract mimic for health assessment.

Metabolism and Hormones

Explores metabolic processes in different tissues and the role of hormones.

Metabolic Hormones: Insulin and Glucagon

Explores how insulin and glucagon regulate blood glucose levels through intricate mechanisms involving various organs and signaling pathways.

Metabolism: Glucagon Role and Energy Balance

Explores the role of glucagon in blood glucose levels and metabolism, as well as heat transfer and thermoregulation principles.

Metabolism and Hormones

Explores tissue-specific metabolism, hormone regulation, and enzyme cascades in glucose and lipid metabolism.

Metabolism 1 and 2, BIO-377 Systems Physiology

Explores the regulation of metabolism, including glucose metabolism, fat metabolism, protein synthesis, and heat transfer.

Blood Glucose Regulation

Explores the regulation of blood glucose levels and the common principles of control systems.

Biochemistry Basics

Introduces functional groups, compounds, and reactions in biochemistry, focusing on alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and sugars.

Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis

Explores the regulation of glucose metabolism, focusing on glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and glycogen metabolism.

Digestive System Physiology: Structure and Function

Explores the anatomy and function of the digestive system, emphasizing stomach glands, liver structure, and nutrient digestion.

Metabolic Modeling Exercises

Covers exercises on genome-scale metabolic models, including FBA and TFA analysis, as well as modeling kinetics.

Metabolic Diversity: Fermentation and Energy Production

Explores metabolic diversity in microorganisms, emphasizing fermentation pathways and energy production.

Digestive Physiology: Glucose Metabolism and Iron Absorption

Covers the correction of exercise session 6 on the digestive system, focusing on glucose metabolism and iron absorption.

Glucose Metabolism: Pathways and Applications

Explores glucose utilization pathways, fermentation, NAD+ recycling, NADPH functions, glycogen metabolism, blood glucose regulation, and gluconeogenesis.

Understanding Type II Diabetes

Explores the pathogenesis and aetiology of Type I diabetes, the risk factors for Type II diabetes, and the various therapies available.

Metabolic Engineering: Systems Biology and Tools

Explores systems biology of metabolism, genome-scale models, and metabolic engineering applications.

Glucose Monitoring Devices

Covers blood oxygen content, hypoxemia, spectrophotometry, pulse oximetry, limitations, and future perspectives in glucose monitoring devices.

Metabolism Integration: Gluconeogenesis and Glycolysis

Discusses the integration of metabolic pathways, focusing on gluconeogenesis and glycolysis, and their hormonal regulation in maintaining glucose homeostasis.