Biology Courses and Certifications

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Fever: The Body's Powerful Defense Mechanism

Explora cómo la fiebre, aunque desagradable, es una defensa crucial contra enfermedades. Descubre su funcionamiento, beneficios y si deberías tratarla con medicamentos.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

The Human Virome - Trillions of Viruses Inside You

Explore the fascinating world of the human virome, from beneficial viruses protecting your body to potential threats, and discover the complex ecosystem within you.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth - The Deep Biosphere

Explore the deep biosphere, a newly discovered world inside Earth's crust teeming with extreme microorganisms that defy conventional understanding of life's limits.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Manolis Kellis

Introduction to Machine Learning in Computational Biology - Lecture 1

1 review

Comprehensive overview of computational biology, exploring GenAI, representation learning, and their applications in genomics and language models. Insights into future directions and potential impacts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Florida State University

Free Will and Neuroscience

3 reviews

Has neuroscience all but disproved the existence of free will? Philosopher Alfred Mele argues that free will is still alive and well, critically analyzing experimental data.

• World Science U
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Cell Biology: Cell-Cell Interactions

3 reviews

How do we know what we know about cells? Enhance your scientific thinking and data analysis skills with this in-depth adventure through cell biology.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Leveraging Neuroscience in the Workplace

466 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn how to change your brain for the better. Find out how to apply the latest findings from the field of neuroscience to business.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

49 ratings at OpenLearn

What is ecology and why is it important to our understanding of the world around us? This free course, Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems, looks at how we can study ecosystems to ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

HIV Cure Research Overview - Current Strategies and Future Directions

2 reviews

Explore the latest HIV cure research strategies, recent breakthroughs, and future directions with Dr. Raj Gandhi in this comprehensive overview of cutting-edge scientific developments.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Gene testing

13 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Gene testing, looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a ...

• OpenLearn
• 4 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

5 ratings at OpenLearn

Learn about how allele frequency can change rapidly in a population in response to selective pressure by considering how evolutionary change can occur in insects that are exposed to insecticides. ...

• OpenLearn
• 3 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Blood and the respiratory system

7 ratings at OpenLearn

‘Don’t hold your breath’ is an expression you’ve probably heard many times, but may not have thought too much about. In this free course, Blood and the respiratory system, you’ll study why ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Vaccination

5 ratings at OpenLearn

Vaccinations are now considered a part of everyday life, but how do they work? Vaccination is a free course that will help those with a background in biology understand the historical development ...

• OpenLearn
• 14 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

What is the genome made of?

3 ratings at OpenLearn

Genomes are composed of DNA, and a knowledge of the structure of DNA is essential to understand how it can function as hereditary material. DNA is remarkable, breathtakingly simple in its structure...

• OpenLearn
• 4 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

1 rating at OpenLearn

The new discipline of astrobiology that is, the science of searching for extraterrestrial life, is not only rapdly growing, but has also captured the public imagination. This free course, Icy ...

• OpenLearn
• 17 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate