About the Course
Cell is the basic structural, functional and biological unit of a living organism. Often called as the building blocks of life, cells are presumably the smallest units of life that can replicate independently. Cells accomplish a variety of tasks ranging from providing structure and stability to the organism to providing energy and acting as a means of reproduction.
This course on the biochemistry of cell, cell membrane and membrane transport, elaborates on fundamental principles of the cell at the molecular level with special emphasis on the biochemical mechanisms.
In this course, the cell and the subcellular components along with the cellular processes are covered in detail. The lipid bilayer structure of cell membrane and the different transport mechanisms embedded in it are explained using high quality 3D animations.
Target Audience
Medical students – Allopathy, Dental.
Alternative Medicine students – Homeopathy, Ayurveda.
Para/Allied medical students – Nursing, Physiotherapy, BSc Biochemistry.
Post graduate students – General medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Endocrinology, MD/MSc/PhD Biochemistry.
Course Delivery Format
This course is delivered entirely online. It consists of a series of comprehensive lectures by a professor in the subject, appropriately annotated with slides, animations and wherever necessary, interactive content. The delivery offers tremendous flexibility. You may pause a teacher while you refer to your textbooks (not includes) and to take notes. You may also rewind a segment to listen to the teacher again or you may skip a slide or two if you already know that bit. You may bookmark a segment that you wish to return to later, maybe to refresh just before your exams. While the lessons in this course may be arranged in a particular order based on our curriculum, you have the flexibility to take them in order of your preference based on your personalized learning needs.
Benefits
While this course is to help you learn the subject from an online faculty, it may help you in several ways even if you are already enrolled in some medical, dental or paramedical school. Many of our students felt that the format in which this course is delivered has helped them to cope up against the fast paced lectures in actual class – it’s like having a TV remote in class to self-pace your teacher. Animations help understand concepts better by making concepts easy to understand… and difficult to forget.
Ravish Pal
Guntur Govt Medical College