| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction to Natural Product Bioactivity and Model Systems |
| Week 2 |
Life Cycle, Handling, and Maintenance of Model Organisms |
| Week 3 |
Aging and Longevity Assays in Bioactivity Evaluation
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| Week 4 |
Stress Response Pathways: Oxidative, Heat, ER Stress |
| Week 5 |
Assessing Metabolic Health |
| Week 6 |
Neurobehavioral Assays and Neurotoxicity Screening |
| Week 7 |
Natural Products and Immune Modulation |
| Week 8 |
Mid-term: Experimental Design Proposal |
| Week 9 |
Genetic and Molecular Tools for Functional Analysis |
| Week 10 |
Molecular Pathways Targeted by Natural Compounds I |
| Week 11 |
Molecular Pathways Targeted by Natural Compounds II |
| Week 12 |
Omics Platforms for Natural Product Research I |
| Week 13 |
Omics Platforms for Natural Product Research II |
| Week 14 |
Experimental Design, Reproducibility, and Data Interpretation |
| Week 15 |
Applications for Functional Food and Preventive Health |
| Week 16 |
Student Presentations |
self-directed
learning |
03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
The final project of this course promotes student learning through self-directed research proposal development, requiring students to independently select a natural product or extract, conduct literature analysis, and integrate bioactivity evaluation with experimental design. |