This lecture should provide a basic knowledge in the most essential fields of general biology with special respect to the study programs "Mathematics in Technology and Science" and "Biomedical Engineering".

Definitions of life; basic chemistry of biomolecules; cytology; bacteria - simple cells and objects of experimentation; formal genetics - laws of inheritance; genetic information - processing of genetic programms; viruses and plasmids; mutations; general principles of gene technology; reproduction strategies; developmental biology - interaction of cells; immune systems; ecology - equilibria in the biosphere; evolution - foundation of biodiversity.

Slides of this course are available (download in TISS).

Campbell/Reece/Simon: Essential Biology with Physiology. 2nd ed., Pearson Intl 2007