Plant Biology Courses

Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology

1244 ratings at Coursera

Learn how plants are built and how they work: plant cell and whole-plant structure, growth and flowering, photosynthesis, and genetic engineering in agriculture.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

VLMuseum

Gardening like an Ecologist - Understanding Plant Biology for Native Landscapes

2 ratings

Discover ecological gardening techniques to create biodiverse landscapes using native plants. Learn plant adaptations, soil interactions, and relationships with wildlife for a thriving ecosystem.

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

PostGram Plant Biology

Discover the introductory MOOC for PostGram Plant Biology at the University of Angers. PostGram is a new short online course to discover the major fields of knowledge and research in plant biology.

• France Université Numerique
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Organic Chemistry in Biology and Drug Development

40 ratings

Explores biomolecular chemistry, molecular engineering, and drug discovery from amino acids and enzymes to antibiotics, anticancer agents, and QSAR.

• YouTube
• 1 day 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cell Biology: Mitochondria

200 ratings at edX

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Human Behavioral Biology

7 ratings

A Stanford lecture collection examines human behavior through evolution, genetics, neuroscience, endocrinology, and complexity, questioning categorical explanations of sexuality, belief, aggression, and individuality.

• YouTube
• 1 day 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

RNA Biology with Eterna

159 ratings at Coursera

Through videos and gameplay, this course provides a unique introduction to RNA biology, including its uses in medicine and bioengineering. Learn how RNA powers cell growth and development by designing your own RNAs using the popular citizen science game…

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Medicosis Perfectionalis

Recombinant DNA Technology - Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

24 ratings

An introduction to recombinant DNA technology, focusing on DNA excision, its types, and denaturation.

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

Quantitative Methods for Biology

20 ratings at edX

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introductory Biology

8 ratings

Introductory Biology provides an introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics for understanding the functions of living systems.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 28 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer

9 ratings

Learn how cancer arises and is managed: oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, the ten cellular hallmarks, metastasis and TNM staging, imaging, and treatment options.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners

11 ratings

Implement bioinformatics algorithms in Python through coding challenges: locate the origin of replication in a genome and find DNA patterns that act as molecular clocks.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CrashCourse

Biology - CrashCourse

19 ratings

Crash Course creates free, high-quality educational videos used by teachers and learners of all kinds. And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history.

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

Stanford Seminar - Lenia- Biology of Artificial Life, Bert Wang-Chak Chan

Explore Lenia, a continuous cellular automaton whose self-organizing patterns resemble microscopic life and can be studied through evolution, ecology, and morphology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Plant-Based Meat vs. Animal Meat Effects on Inflammation Biomarkers - Winter 2022

A secondary analysis of the SWAP-MEAT crossover trial compares plant-based and animal meats through biomarkers of inflammation.

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