Published courses
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Each course builds concept-level understanding through lessons, checks, applied work, and targeted review.
Cancer Biology & Cancer Neuroscience
Cancer as a Neural Circuit Disease
An independent primer on cancer evolution, Hallmarks of Cancer, the tumor microenvironment, pediatric glioma, neuron-to-cancer signaling, and emerging therapeutic strategies.
3 modules · 9 lessons · 18 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering
Cells, Matrices, and Regeneration
An independent one-hour primer on vascular biology, extracellular matrix mechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, and experimental reasoning, designed around research themes relevant to the Ngan F. Huang Lab.
3 modules · 6 lessons · 12 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
Controlling, Mapping, and Modeling Neural Circuits
An independent primer on optogenetics, neural activity measurement, CLARITY, spatial transcriptomics, brain-wide circuit dynamics, human cortical organoids, and xenocortication, designed around research themes relevant to the Karl Deisseroth Lab.
3 modules · 9 lessons · 18 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Computational biology
Decode Life: AI & Computational Biology
Learn Python, biological data science, machine learning, systems biology and computational neuroscience through real research problems.
9 modules · 35 lessons · 70 concepts · 45h · mastery at 80%
Parkinson’s Disease & Neuromodulation
Decoding and Restoring Movement in Parkinson’s Disease
An independent primer on Parkinson’s disease, quantitative movement analysis, subthalamic neural signals, beta oscillations, deep brain stimulation, adaptive DBS, gait decoding, and personalized neuromodulation, designed around research themes relevant to the Bronte-Stewart Lab.
3 modules · 5 lessons · 10 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Systems Biology & Systems Medicine
Design Principles of Life, Disease, and Aging
An independent primer on systems biology, network motifs, physiological circuit fragilities, the Periodic Table of Diseases, and quantitative approaches to aging.
3 modules · 9 lessons · 18 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Robot Learning & Embodied AI
How Robots Learn
A video-first introduction to robot policies, imitation and reinforcement learning, offline learning, goal-conditioned behavior, generative control, and robot foundation models. Academic RAIL research and Physical Intelligence company research are identified separately.
3 modules · 7 lessons · 14 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Genomics & Bioengineering
Measuring Life: From Single Cells to Liquid Biopsies
New measurement tools reveal individual cells, human cell atlases, molecular traces in blood, immune clones, and microbial ecosystems. A video-first introduction to genomics and bioengineering.
2 modules · 6 lessons · 12 concepts · 0.7h · mastery at 80%
Computational Neuroscience & Vision
Neural Circuits, Vision, and Computation
An independent one-hour primer on retinal computation, neural coding, adaptation, experimental neuroscience, interpretable models, and neural perturbation, designed around research themes relevant to the Stephen A. Baccus Lab.
3 modules · 6 lessons · 12 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%
Physical Biology & Quantitative Biology
Physical Biology: From Gene Regulation to Living Matter
Count, model, predict, measure, and revise: a video-first introduction to gene regulation, regulatory genomics, biological fidelity, active matter, and quantitative viral ecology.
2 modules · 6 lessons · 12 concepts · 0.7h · mastery at 80%
String Theory & Quantum Gravity
Strings, Geometry, and the Swampland
An independent primer on string compactification, geometry, duality, supersymmetry, the Swampland program, black holes, topological strings, the dark dimension, and attempts to connect quantum-gravity consistency with observable physics, designed around research themes associated with Cumrun Vafa.
3 modules · 7 lessons · 14 concepts · 1h · mastery at 80%