RESOURCES AND TRAININGS ONLINE

Internal Training Pyramid In this collection of online resources you will find internal and external courses, and educational material for self-paced study. The courses are organized in four different categories:

  • Research & technology,
  • Open science & Responsible Research Innovation
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Career coaching
Everybody is encouraged to upload a course that might be of interest to the broader scientific community by sending an email to training@crg.eu or via this link HERE .

Why Biology Matters: Basic Concepts

Explore the biology behind the complex issues you read about in the news

To be able to properly engage with complex issues in today’s society we often need a basic knowledge of biology. Any consideration of issues like genetic determinism, cloning, genetic engineering, the fight against ageing, eugenics, artificial selection or intelligence inheritance requires an understanding of biology we might not all have.

This online biology course can help. You’ll get a basic introduction to the biology behind big issues - using lessons and interviews with experts - so that you can understand the implications of them for the fields of the social sciences and humanities.


Organization/Institute/University:  FutureLearn 
Link to the resource: 
  https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/biology-basic-concepts
Main topics:

  • Life, the basics
  • DNA information for life
  • Genome in action
  • How evolution works
  • Humans in nature
Added by:
 Anna Solé Amat on Thursday, 26 March 2020, 9:39 AM
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