1. Introduction, Course Organization of MIT 7.016 Introductory Biology, Fall 2018

[@Hermes1548]

Danke. This is why Internet is great: Knowledge available to all who care.

[@pushkarsushilsingh1352]

You don’t have a small class professor, You have got the biggest class possible - the internet. Thanks for this

[@shilpi9407]

Hi pushkar could you please suggest a general biology book ..

[@SkySpace-ul6ly]

Try reading Campbell biology

[@marymadelynevangelista9799]

Yes! Campbell gets my vote too, as a former biology teacher, that is. @@SkySpace-ul6ly

[@Nandenayo3_animation]

Because she didn't still go out of America

[@UriValdez]

It would be a dream to be in class with these two professors. They’re energy is contagious and they’re committed to their students success

[@jakobvanklinken]

*their energy

[@whatabouttheearth]

While looking for chemistry videos I just accidentally stumbled on an evangelical video that was literally saying that molecules degrade and don't exist outside of host living beings and how scientists don't understand this 😳 I think I lost brain cells. I've watched this class before so as soon as I saw it I clicked to wash the dumb away

[@gregorykearney5642]

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[@carter6018]

@@whatabouttheearth I lost brain cells hearing a MIT professor say that Shrek humans evolved. Dont believe everything someone tells you, including MIT professors.

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@carter6018 "Shrek humans evolved"???

[@mintpuph8288]

I got so emotional during this lecture I'm from Malaysia and I'm currently doing my A-levels here. The thing about education here and also the thing about modern late gen-z students in Asia is that a vast majority of students don't actually care or love the material we're studying nor do we find some immaculate passion derived from it either, it's more so that we pursue something we've been claimed as "good at", so we get into these high prestige universities and colleges, do a course that's highly sought after, and then we complete the course with the goal and aim of getting a very high-paying job. unfortunately, I fell into this rabbit hole and it made me realise just how much I didn't actually know about biology, biochemistry, the field i wanted to continue to study and work in. this lecture kind of nursed back that blob of passion in me and it is very refreshing, comforting, and nice to be back to how I used to feel about going into and learning biochemistry thank you

[@iknowfelixisanundercoveran8749]

You're so right . All this time I have been preparing for entrance exams , getting good college , jobs and all , I literally forgot why I love science and rn I am on a break before staring my masters degree. I learn so much through all these open courses, reading new science articles and researching to all my heart's content.

[@somebodywaitingonyou5321]

The inaudible part is CRISPR/Cas referring to crispr cas9 mechanism of editing genes and DNA. Cas9 is the enzyme used for editing the genetic material if anyone is interested

[@raybroomall8383]

This Intro would be a great basis for a TED talk on the current state of Biology. Open Courseware has been a lifesaver for me during Covid-19. I'm 74 and cannot tolerate the commercial television media in any great quantity. Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra is a fine challenge. I also enjoy Jeffrey Grossman's energy with Solid State Chemistry. Not by bread alone, so I do have an appetite for other channels but OCW is a staple. Thank you.

[@sergiohuaman6084]

I'd like to be like you if fortunately I reach your age. I am 34 now, electrical engineering re-learning mathematics with an appetite for biology and medicine (since before the pandemic). Greetings from Peru!

[@fawzibriedj4441]

Really nice to see curious people at all ages!

[@fawzibriedj4441]

@Richard Omar no one gives a shit because everybody sees it's a scam. And for those who don't see it, why would anybody shares randomly how to hack people in a chemistry class?

[@adls04]

There's a whole spectrum of ages, I'm 17 and I'm surprised to see how many different age groups are watching this.

[@Donnybrook10]

@@fawzibriedj4441 shouldn't we all should have a lifetime of curiosity?...else we die.

[@stuckwids]

Running hours in addition to the normal office hours. This must be the most wholesome learning environment I’ve ever known!

[@velouria2402]

ikr!! I found that so so lovely and wholesome! Really wish I could meet this professor

[@camilocaicedog]

This is an astonishing intro lecture! I'm far from being a professional in Biology but watching these 2 professors presenting this information, it really got my attention. The moment where they showed the cells in motion was incredible. It looks like most of the secrets of life itself run at a so microscopic level that it's unobservable to most of us!

[@annasalmans5523]

It's been a long time for me coming out of a cult which preached that education that taught evolution was evil, and it would send me to hell if I asked questions about it or explored understanding of it. I'm extremely grateful for having the technology in my hands right now that allows me inside a MIT classroom. In the cult I was in, I grew up not knowing about these kinds of colleges and universities. It was all about Pensacola Christian College and Institute for Basic Life Principles, and Bob Jones. Thank you for posting.

[@SkySpace-ul6ly]

You are evolving your world view. Congrats🎉

[@ammarsohail7901]

Thanks MIT for sharing knowledge.

[@HussainAlwael]

The enthusiasm and energy of both professors make me want to be in class because I want to, not because I have to. Not to mention their welcoming characters during office hours and running hours.

[@KNemo1999]

10:19 - 10:49 is all about what "people believe" but decidedly not what science can yet demonstrate. Otherwise, this course is amazing. Thanks, MIT.

[@schuylersterling]

This is by far my favorite series of teaching, these are the most amazing teachers, and inspired me to get into medical lab science!

[@timstadlmueller58]

Thank you for posting this course. I wanted to take Biology during my college career, but was unable due to needing to commit to my major coursework as I was struggling with mental health issues at the time. This course seems exciting, and I'm very grateful for the clarification that no pre-knowledge is required (I unfortunately have a poor science background currently). I was honestly feeling a flood of anxiety coming on watching this intro lecture (just me?), due to the sheer volume of information being presented, but do feel that I'll be able to get a lot out of this class without the pressure of exams and deadlines to worry about.

[@marymadelynevangelista9799]

Always feel free to pause this adventure when it gets too intense, get a cup of chamomile tea, and return. As a former biology teacher, I always monitored my class for facial cues of "overwhelmed" and of "worry" but here you just hit pause and enjoy this at your own pace.

[@alexiscao8749]

I just love professor Babara 's mastery of al the knowledge she presented and her absolutely fascinating enthusiasm.

[@nigelanicette9243]

I heard the whole lecture and I found it very interesting. Mrs.Imperiali talked about the inner workings of the cell in biology. Such as the structure of the cell and the ethics of cloning cells to create other organisms. Mr. Martin elaborated on what Mrs. Imperiali talked about. He also added that a DNA search from a family tree caught an ex-cop for a murder case he was in. Biology is amazing. I can't wait to hear more lectures on biology.

[@louisadu-amoah1504]

Prof. Imperiali, your class is larger than you can imagine. Internet students. If you ever asked for enrollment and submission of assignments you'll gladly be overwhelmed. Thank you for helping us build up our careers.

[@valentinetk]

Wao She had changed, softer, nicer, and far less strict compared to 5 million years ago.

[@matt-g-recovers]

Love open courseware... So grateful and what a great instructor. Thank you MIT

[@anwarajaj6333]

Amazing thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 I’m planning to get back to college and your lectures were the stepping stones to re-educate myself until I get the chance to get back to the university 💐💐💐

[@imranrais23]

It was a great lecture on the topic evolution. It described a lot of things which we must know as a MBBS student.

[@KeikoMushi]

I love how Prof. Imperiali doesn't waste time with meaningless waffle unrelated to the course materials. She quickly introduces the course staff, detailing their backgrounds to provide context, before moving on to an overview of what the course will cover. Why can't more courses do this instead of spending 20 minutes repeating the same dribble about course schedules which is already covered in course notes? In any case, it is refreshing. A professor excited about the material that they are teaching should always be conveyed with their body language and the strength of their language.

[@hismajesty40]

Excellent presentation! I still miss my 4 years at MIT 1980-85!

[@thalesbastos400]

I count 5. Just kidding haha

[@9B17]

Thales Bastos one of his years at MIT isn’t missed. That’s why.

[@peterxdr]

@@thalesbastos400 lol 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 seems more like 6 years

[@thalesbastos400]

Yeah that's the joke

[@Palpatine4Senate]

@@peterxdr big brain. You start the academic year in the fall and end it in the spring. THEN, you start the next academic year the same year, just in the fall.

[@_gauravdeep_]

What I've learnt? A framework. Nothing is taught in excruciating detail, this introductory lesson gave a basic framework, a basic idea of what we're going to explore in the future lectures. Summary Points: 1. Origin of life millions/billions of years ago -Introduction of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. 2. Multicellular organisms and their genetic material. - Length of their genome - Evolutionary study of their genome 3. How we understood the basis of genetics. - Structure of DNA - How we all have 99.9% same genome 4. Use of Fluorescence to sequence genome (Visualisation) - Comparison of genome of trillions of our own cells - treatment of diseases (genetically) 5. Ethics in Biology 6. Inheritance 7. Application of everything we are going to learn (in real world: Crimes and medicine) 8. Know about your ancestry/Lineage - for catching criminals 9. Cell signalling and how molecules/cells interact within our body 10. How our body takes it's shape? - Learn about our body with the help of some models of Fly's embryo (I guess can't study with human embryo because of those ethical stuff explained before👀) Thank you! Regards, Gaurav Deep Twitter: @_gauravdeep_

[@TheAmazinRaven1]

The dopest biology lecture I’ve ever watched.

[@QueenetBowie]

Wish my professors were this good at presenting

[@haa1774]

Goodness you have no idea how much I miss lecture!!! Some sense of normalcy it was

[@diegoyuiop]

Same, I hate online lectures

[@chavaaguilar]

wow, this introductory lecture is just incredible, omg

[@escapedcryptid8017]

It’s the middle of summer and I was really missing my classes thank you for this!!!!

[@tamankhong1690]

Thank you for sharing the lectures and sharing the love of biology!!!

[@srimuharyati2387]

Terimakasih banyak sekali. Bisa belajar banyak lagi dari awal, andai guruguru di Indonesia bisa gini. 😀😅

[@keerthanabhat9425]

thank u so much for this lecture! i was really mesmerized seeing the fluorescent protein application in studying and observing the cell divison! its just so good!

[@joshisajedi2461]

Every time I think about going to school , I watch one of these videos and realize how dumb I am.

[@RayDuende]

Hi!! I think it is amazing that you’re showing up. It takes practice and experimentation to learn in a way that works for your brain and physiology :)

[@itx_tashx6623]

Your not dumb, you can write pretty well plus you’re learning material you’ve never even thought about before…how’s it going?

[@victoriafernandes5599]

Thank you very much for sharing so much knowledge! It is wonderful to have access to it and to listen to passionate teachers explaining! Thank you!

[@elenedavitashvili3481]

Amazing channel, motivated and fully involved

[@hackein9435]

Energy of this woman is incredible

[@dpacc88]

The amount of exposition here is madness!

[@hubertcumberdale9211]

Very impressive teachers here! I wish I could have had some education like this. Thank you.

[@anwarajaj6333]

I love the running hour a idea 😃😃😃 because of running, I want to get back to college. Running really changed my life and perspective 😃👍

[@pranam__349]

Thank you yt for providing these wonderful knowledge giving lectures 🙏

[@surojpaul14]

Chasing those bacteriam by white blood cells are so amazing to watch😘

[@osamaelzubair1203]

The professor is so captivating .

[@_WATTS_Gamer]

OMG....can I please go back to school and have this instructor??? She is fabulous !!!

[@rymbensallem7116]

Thank you very much for sharing this course

[@wxlinq5760]

This is my favorite topic. Thank you for posting.

[@professorheights6068]

thank you very much for such lecture both professors. I am currently developing some content for a nursing program and i am proud to say i am referencing from this

[@mildredmayrant5159]

Thank you for this information - I appreciate the speakers knowledge and presentation.

[@borisdorofeev5602]

Imperiali is such a cool last name. Very regal.

[@dracorex8058]

I’m amazed this is a Biology 101 class! So many terms were used that needed some background info. I wonder if a pre-bio class as well is offered.

[@EidrianMC]

How to get the texts recommended to read at 33:50?

[@lb4660]

The slide has a typo development is spelled incorrectly. It's not devlopment. Even MIT makes mistakes, makes me feel better some how. Thanks MTI.

[@devonk298]

what a great instructor!

[@22engel]

Absolutely fabulous, it help me a lot in my master

[@running2348]

Thank you MIT for posting this just a kid tryna learn stuff :)

[@briseboy]

Every organism extant now can be considered rather equally evolved, although selective stresses in shorter periods than the whole, may induce increased selection for change.

[@foodbeforepills8749]

WFH is allowing me to learn alot. Love Biology and biochem. Physics next.

[@TheScubaGirl000]

What textbook was used for this class I wonder? In 37:20 a textbook is mentioned to go over covalent bonds.

[@mitocw]

The required textbook is: Sadava, D. E., D. M. Hillis, et al. Life: The Science of Biology. 11th ed. W. H. Freeman, 2016. ISBN: 9781319145446. For more info, visit the course on MIT OpenCourseWare at: ocw.mit.edu/7-016F18. Best wishes on your studies!

[@MrGieschen]

Well, I'm no geneticist and am a Young Earth Creationist and haven't studied bio since about a decade ago. We used Campbell's Biology. I am downloading the book to reread it, but appreciate these videos. Hopefully in time I'll learn more.

[@wilsonsikazwe7887]

You are the best professor . I like biology

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@DanielBro42]

damn, I would totally run with this guy and talk about some biology stuff

[@rabindrakhatiwada3558]

please upload the 2020 version of introductory biology

[@Donnybrook10]

nothing changed. They're still teaching that God doesn't exist.

[@donotbebiased6987]

@@Donnybrook10 😂😂

[@xyn1641]

@@Donnybrook10 no they arent, they teach science that's been proven many times. stop denying stuff that has proof

[@marymadelynevangelista9799]

The more science I learn, the more miracles I see. God is in every detail. @@Donnybrook10

[@AA-pp9rf]

amazing i wish i was there and to be present

[@sadiahaquekhan6003]

Where are all lectures on cell bio?

[@hainetkorea]

Very wonderful presentation MIT

[@plan-c2753]

MIT I AM COMING !!!

[@kingpatil2882]

india right

[@foreverbooked2964]

@@kingpatil2882 lmao

[@srinivasanrjgpl1]

Anyone here after you picked up interest in biology due to covid crisis?

[@ashwaryp]

Yes, although i watched some videos previously but with crisis i have enough time to watch more. I wish there would be some lectures on some detailed topics on such as Cell Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Ecology, or even some detailed topics in Chemistry and Physics like Inorganic, Organic, Organometallic, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Statistical Thermodynamics, Astronomy, Fluid Physics.

[@DC-zh5qs]

I am here for Some basic informations that My Bio teacher failed to deliver

[@wolfinthesuit]

Just here because the Blue meth of Heisenberg

[@JJJRRRJJJ]

I’m here mostly for nostalgia. It was about 6 years ago I took Intro Biology at Notre Dame and I want to see if it jobs my memory.

[@fabzy4L]

also, cause im a phd. we dont got a life.

[@mumichiu6475]

I wonder how many of them actually went to that running time with the professor. OˋwˊO

[@yasseralsaidi1168]

علم التفاعلات البيولوجية فى الخليه

[@cam81]

Thanks for learning from home.:)

[@cemabdelwahb]

Thank you very much for this.

[@yasseralsaidi1168]

Love your Lab

[@marinacam2755]

shes great

[@parihars2849]

Thanku for sharing these lectures in youtube

[@emmaesouza]

Anallizing the fly case It seems it de works justo like web design when in css we have class atribuyes overrited. we should use a desasembly algoritmo to translate it to assembly programing language in order to study it.

[@klukenicholson3134]

Fascinating intro thank you, I'm amazed and eager to learn more. from the basic structure of the double helix, cellular division and replication of DNA. to advanced programmed cellular functionality and structured bio synthetic engineering. Artificial intelligence is inevitable. I believe it's 100% beneficial, for the next step in evolution. The applications of bio synthetic engineering has endless possibilities. Imagine a global unity with advanced technology's for a cleaner-greener Earth. Immortality and although I may sound like a mad scientist in si-fi novel. I can even imagine an interstellar advanced Super Human civilization. this is just the surface of much more to come.

[@not_amanullah]

Thanks 🤍❤️

[@novideoscorp]

man i keep striking gold mines, first it was prehistory now its biology, i better understand it all and become a doctor of myself by the end of this course heheeh

[@kaylalandin6982]

Thank you so much

[@DevenThapaliya]

What a blessing

[@VSundarrajanPGAsstinBiology]

Very useful to me. Thank you..

[@Otto-mq8lg]

00:10 minutes where did it start?

[@not_amanullah]

This is helpful ❤️🤍

[@blank5659]

What textbook are they reading?

[@mitocw]

The required textbook is: Sadava, D. E., D. M. Hillis, et al. Life: The Science of Biology. 11th ed. W. H. Freeman, 2016. ISBN: 9781319145446. See the course on MIT OpenCourseWare for more info and materials at: ocw.mit.edu/7-016F18. Best wishes on your studies!

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@mitocw Thank y'all for putting full courses on line for free, especially since some of humanity still suffers from huge anti intellectual, anti science tendencies. Alot of people can't go to college for a variety of reasons but still want to learn about their world, thank you.

[@genbionetix8270]

14:04 This was a very strong phrase! Mighty "Evolution" should be pronounced so.

[@escueladenivin-casma-peru1477]

Great course.

[@TarekAzzam-q5z]

From Taxonomy & Bisection to DNA - based Modern Biology

[@shahidulislamzahid4946]

Thanks

[@CarlosDaniel-od7bx]

Loved it. Thank you!

[@hugodaniel8975]

Fora Bozo

[@putinniejimmy5795]

First prokaryotes are not cyanobacteria. They are just one of the primordial bacteria which also include proteobacteria.

[@nathanaeltrimm2720]

What book is used for this class?

[@mitocw]

The required textbook is: Sadava, D. E., D. M. Hillis, et al. Life: The Science of Biology. 11th ed. W. H. Freeman, 2016. ISBN: 9781319145446. For more info and materials, visit MIT OpenCourseWare at: ocw.mit.edu/7-016F18 Best wishes on your studies!

[@timmy18135]

34:23

[@ak47prajapati66]

Thank you for comp.

[@wolfinthesuit]

That very helpful in my study thank you ✨🙏

[@robot3759]

This whole series is great when you have an IB Bio teacher that has no clue what she's doing. Glad MIT decided to publish all this stuff completely for free.

[@GSU_Panther_Nation]

The first few units have the similar curriculum as high school biology, but then immunology and microbiology topics are not covered in high school

[@karunikdash9772]

is there any chance to ask on ideas for those who are watching online?

[@mitocw]

MIT OpenCourseWare is intended as a publication of MIT course materials, not as an interactive experience with MIT faculty. MIT OpenCourseWare does not offer users the opportunity for direct contact with MIT faculty.

[@magogo5905]

Publishing is enough to a level anyway. Thanks a lot.

[@hoover4695]

does anybody know what textbook they are using?

[@justahumanwithamask4089]

The teachers are so friendly

[@andrewt15]

Wow this is so recent

[@rr.studios]

not really, according to the course site, it's about two years old: ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-016-introductory-biology-fall-2018/index.htm

[@dronesightingsmith3979]

RR.STUDIOS ツ that’s recent....

[@i_arpit]

@@dronesightingsmith3979 he is right