Biology Courses and Certifications

Low-Cost, High-Nutrition Eating for Graduate Students - Nutrition Basics

Discover essential nutrients your body needs and learn to incorporate them into your budget-friendly diet with practical tips from Yale's culinary medicine expert.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How the Brain Makes You - Collective Intelligence and Computation by Neural Circuits

Explore how billions of neurons collectively create intelligence, perception, memory, and imagination through electrical signals, revealing the mysteries of the mind's computational function.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Origin of Life - From Chemistry to Information Theory

Explore the enigma of life's origin through information theory and complexity, examining the transition from chemistry to biology and its implications for life in the universe.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Singular Origin of Complex Life

Explore the unique evolutionary event that led to eukaryotes, examining mitochondrial impact on genome expansion and the role of energy in complex life development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Brain and the Law - How Neuroscience Will Shift Blameworthiness

Explore how neuroscience challenges criminal justice assumptions, examining brain equality, incarceration effectiveness, and rehabilitation technologies. Insights into unconscious behavior drivers and future-focused legal approaches.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Post-Darwinian World - Expanding Darwin's Theories in Modern Science

Explore post-Darwinian complexities in biology, economics, and politics, examining ecosystems, food webs, origin of life, HIV/AIDS, and sociobiology to expand on Darwin's evolutionary theories.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Inevitability of Life: Geochemistry and the Emergence of Living Systems

Explore the inevitability of life's emergence and persistence on Earth through geochemistry, challenging the notion of improbable events in life's origin.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IISc Bangalore

Introductory Neuroscience and Neuro-Instrumentation

This course is a system, design-oriented course aimed to provide exposure to Neuroscience and its importance in the real world. Neuroscience and Neuro- Instrumentation are popular research areas and this course is an introduction to both.

• YouTube
• 1 day 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IISc Bangalore

Learning About Learning: A Course on Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Explore neurobiology of learning and memory, covering historical perspectives, associative learning, reinforcement models, and molecular mechanisms of memory formation and consolidation.

• YouTube
• 11 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

How the Brain Creates Mind

Explore the fascinating journey of how neural activity gives rise to consciousness, cognition, and emotions through in-depth lectures on brain dynamics, electrical activity, and sleep.

• YouTube
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Functional Genomics

Explore genomics, epigenetics, and DNA sequencing methods. Learn about genome editing, transcriptomics, and comparative genomics. Gain hands-on experience through tutorials and laboratory sessions.

• YouTube
• 11 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ninja Nerd

Mitochondria Structure & Function

Comprehensive exploration of mitochondrial structure, functions, and metabolic processes, featuring detailed explanations and animations to enhance understanding of this crucial cellular organelle.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Simons Institute

Does the Neocortex Use Grid Cell-Like Mechanisms to Learn the Structure of Objects?

Explore how the neocortex might use grid cell-like mechanisms to learn object structure, drawing parallels between spatial navigation and object recognition in the brain.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MITCBMM

The Neural Basis of Consciousness

Explore the neural foundations of consciousness, examining brain structures and theories with neuroscientist Christof Koch in this thought-provoking lecture.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Memory Training with a World Record Holder

Learn memory techniques from world record holder Boris Konrad. Discover the "Method of Loci" and build mental infrastructure to memorize 50 random items in this interactive workshop led by a neuroscientist and memory expert.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video