New frontiers in education — Training in Biology for Electrical Engineers

We propose a new teaching module called “Biology for Electrical Engineers” that should help engineering students to understand and apply important biological concepts. Until now, only few educational institutes in the world offer similar training despite an increasing tendency of interdisciplinarity across research activities. The teaching resources will include overviews of important biological topics, modeling and computational as well as laboratory exercises. The knowledge and expertise acquired should support engineers in designing and fabricating more prominent biosensor- and electronic devices.

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