| Date |
Lecturer |
Title |
Focus |
| 8/27/07 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Course Goals and Expectations |
Introduction |
| 8/29/07 |
R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. |
Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling: Information Processing in the Nervous System |
Neuroscience |
| 8/31/07 |
R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. |
Innovations and Challenges: A New Era in Neurological Medicine |
Neuroscience |
| 9/3/07 |
No class |
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| 9/5/07 |
Neal Simon, Ph.D. |
The Neurobiology of Violence and Aggression |
Neuroscience |
| 9/7/07 |
Neal Simon, Ph.D. |
Diet, Aging, and Mind |
Neuroscience |
| 9/10/07 |
Quiz |
|
Neuroscience |
| 9/12/07 |
Jennifer Swann, Ph.D. |
Sex Differences |
Neuroscience |
| 9/14/07 |
Jill Schneider, Ph.D. |
Is There an Obesity Epidemic? |
Neuroscience |
| 9/17/07 |
Jennifer Swann |
Circadian Rhythms |
Neuroscience |
| 9/19/07 |
Quiz |
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| 9/21/07 |
Lynne Cassimeris, Ph.D. |
Cell Division and the Cell Cycle |
Cell Biology & Cancer |
| 9/24/07 |
Linda Lowe-Krentz |
Oncogenes and Cancer |
Biochemistry & Cancer |
| 9/26/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Ron Vale, Ph.D. |
Introduction to Molecular Motor Proteins |
Cell Biology/Biochemistry |
| 9/28/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Ron Vale, Ph.D. |
Future Goals and Medical Implications |
Cell Biology & Medicine |
| 10/1/07 |
Dimitrios Vavylonis, Ph.D. |
Biophysics of Contractile Ring Assembly |
Biophysics |
| 10/3/07 |
Quiz |
|
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| 10/5/07 |
Samir Ghadiali, Ph.D. |
Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Lung Cell Injury |
Mechanical Engineering |
| 10/8/07 |
Pacing Break |
|
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| 10/10/07 |
Craig Ferris, Ph.D. |
Functional Magnetic Resonance in Awake Animals: Methods and Applications in Behavioral Neuroscience Research |
Bioimaging |
| 10/12/07 |
Jutta Marzillier, Ph.D. |
Genome Sequencing Technologies |
Genomics |
| 10/15/07 |
Stefan Maas, Ph.D. |
Genomes: What We Know and What We Don't Know |
Molecular Biology |
| 10/17/07 |
Stefan Maas, Ph.D. |
Genomics: Molecular Studies on Complex Biological Systems |
Molecular Biology |
| 10/19/07 |
Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D. |
Introduction to Bioinformatics |
Computer Science |
| 10/22/07 |
Quiz |
|
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| 10/24/07 |
Robin Dillon, Ph.D. |
Moral Reasoning in Bioethics |
Bioethics |
| 10/26/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. |
Introduction to Stem Cells and Ethical Issues |
Cell Biology |
| 10/29/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. |
Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells (part one) |
Cell Biology & Medicine |
| 10/31/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. |
Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells (part two) |
Cell Biology & Medicine |
| 11/2/07 |
Elizabeth Dolan, Ph.D. |
Contagious Others: The Egyptian Opthalmia in Mary Shelley's “Frankenstien” |
Medical Humanities |
| 11/5/07 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Stem Cells Wrap-Up |
Cell Biology & Medicine |
| 11/7/07 |
John Glod, MD, Ph.D. |
An Introduction to the Methods and Ethics of Clinical Trials |
Oncology/Neurology & Medical Research |
| 11/9/07 |
Quiz |
|
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| 11/12/07 |
Mark Clymer
Kimberly Wicklund, Ph.D. |
Fluorescence Bioimaging in Translational Research |
Bioimaging |
| 11/14/07 |
Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. |
Cardiovascular disease, studies at the cellular and molecular level |
Cell Biology & Microscopy |
| 11/16/07 |
Ned Heindel, Ph.D. |
Where Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine Meet: Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices |
Organic Chemistry |
| 11/19/07 |
Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D. |
Virus Evolution and Pandemics |
Virology |
| 11/21/07 |
Thanksgiving |
|
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| 11/23/07 |
Thanksgiving |
|
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| 11/26/07 |
Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D. |
21st Century Vaccines against Viruses |
Virology |
| 11/28/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
David Baltimore, Ph.D. |
Why Gene Therapy Might be a Reasonable Tool for Attacking HIV |
Virology |
| 11/30/07 |
Quiz in Class;
Langer lecture, 4:00 p.m. |
|
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| 12/3/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Stanley Falkow, Ph.D. |
What is a Pathogen? Trying to Understand Human Biology
by the Study of Pathogenic Bacteria |
Cell Biology |
| 12/5/07 |
iBioseminar (ASCB)
Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. |
Escalating Infectious Disease Threat |
Cell Biology |
| 12/7/07 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Conclusion |
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Final exam quiz to be announced |
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