NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 諾貝爾獎得主的人生故事與科學(2091)
(Eng.) Nobel Laureates: Life Stories and the Science Behind Their Discoveries
Offering Dept Department of Life Sciences
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher Chih-Yi Gabriela Lin ect.
Department Department of Life Sciences/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2026-FALL
Course Description 這門課透過諾貝爾獎得主的人生故事,帶領學生認識這些科學家如何面對挑戰、做出突破性的研究,並將其背後的科學原理以清楚易懂的方式呈現。課程同時結合英文閱讀與科學素養,幫助大學生在提升語言能力的同時,也能更深入理解科學思維與研究精神。
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
A認識全方位的生命科學知識
B培養專業實驗技能及客觀邏輯思考能力
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Course Introduction: Alfred Nobel
Week 2 Novel therapy against parasites: William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura, and Tu Youyou
Hacking the viruses: Hausen, Barré-Sinoussi, and Montagnier
Week 3 Pioneers of modern genetics: Barbara McClintock and Joshua Lederberg
Week 4 DNA Structure: Watson, Crick, and Rosalind Franklin
Gene Regulation: Jacob & Monod; PCR and Molecular Biology: Kary Mullis
Week 5 RNA interference: Fire and Mello
MicroRNA: Ambros and Ruvkun
Week 6 From mRNA biology to vaccines: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman
Week 7 Telomere and telomerase: Blackburn, Greider, Szostak
Week 8 The Cell cycle: Hartwell, Hunt, Nurse
Autophagy: Yoshinori Ohsumi
Week 9 TBD
Week 10 Marie Curie: Passion, Perseverance, and Radioactivity
Week 11 Twice honored in Chemistry: Frederick Sanger and Karl Barry Sharpless
Week 12 TBD
Week 13 Innate immunity and the role of dendritic cells in adaptive immunity: Beutler, Hoffmann, and Steinman
Treg: Brunkow, Ramsdell, and Sakaguchi
Week 14 Decoding the biological clock: Jeffrey Cornnor Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Warren Young
Week 15 CRISPR-Cas9: Doudna & Charpentier
Week 16 TBD
self-directed
learning
   01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
   02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.

Evaluation

Assignment 50%; Class engagement: 50%
Textbook & other References

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Official Nobel Prize website — biographies, interviews, lectures
• https://www.nobelprize.org
Office Hours
請與老師約時間
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
include experience courses:N
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