8/25/08

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Course Goals and Expectations

Introduction

8/27/08

R. Michael Burger, Ph.D.

Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling: Information Processing in the Nervous System

Abstract

Neuroscience

8/29/08

R. Michael Burger, Ph.D.

Innovations and Challenges: A New Era in Neurological Medicine

Abstract

Neuroscience

9/1/08

NO CLASS – Labor Day

9/3/08

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Aggression and Violence

Abstract

Neuroscience

9/5/08

Stefan Maas, Ph.D.

Brain Complexity & Disease

Abstract

Molecular neurobiology

9/8/08

Bradley Walters
Integrative Biology Ph.D. candidate
Lab of Colin Saldanha, Ph.D.

Songbirds, Steroids, and Adult Neurogenesis

Abstract

Neuroscience

9/10/08

QUIZ 1

Lectures 8/27-9/8

9/12/08

Barry Bean, Ph.D.

Gametogenesis & Fertilization

Abstract

Reproductive Biology

9/15/08

Jennifer Swann, Ph.D.

Sex Differences

Abstract

Reproductive Biology

9/17/08

Jill Schneider, Ph.D.

Food and Fertility

Abstract

Reproductive Biology

9/19/08

Barry Bean, Ph.D.

Contraception

Abstract

Reproductive Biology

9/22/08

Robert Flowers, Ph.D.

Effects on protein renaturation and sperm functions by novel organic compounds

Abstract

Organic Chemistry & Reproductive Biology

9/24/08

QUIZ 2

Lectures 9/12-9/22

9/26/08

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Diet, Aging, and Mind (Part I)

Physiology

09/29/08

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Diet, Aging, Mind (Part II)

Physiology

10/1/08

Jill Schneider, Ph.D.

Obesity

Physiology

10/3/08

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular disease: studies at the cellular and molecular level

Abstract

Physiology

10/6/08

QUIZ 3

Lectures 9/26-10/3

10/8/08

Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D.

Viruses:  Replication, Evolution, and Pandemics

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

10/10/08

Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D.

The Battle against Viruses:  21st Century Drugs and Vaccines

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

10/13/08

NO CLASS - Pacing Break

10/15/08

Robert Buckheit, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer,
ImQuest BioSciences, Inc.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

10/17/08

J. Reuben, Ph.D.
Director or Microbiology
BD Diagnostic Systems

Healthcare Associated Infections

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

10/20/08

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Ribosomes & Antibiotics

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

10/22/08

QUIZ 4

Lectures 10/8-10/20

10/24/08

Robert Skibbens, Ph.D.

Cell Division & Cell Cycle (Part I)
Chromosome dynamics during cell division

Abstract

Cell Biology & Cancer

10/27/08

Robert Skibbens, Ph.D.

Cell Division & Cell Cycle (Part II)
Cell cycle and sister pairing reactions

Abstract

Cell Biology & Cancer

10/29/08

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.

Oncogenes & Cancer

Abstract

Cell Biology & Cancer

10/31/08

Dimitrios Vavylonis, Ph.D.

Biophysics of Assembly of Cell Division Apparatus

Physics & Cell Biology

11/3/08

Ashleigh Palmer
CEO, Critical Biologics Corp.

Blue Babies & Bounded Rationality

Business & Biology

11/5/08

QUIZ 5

Lectures 10/24-11/3

11/7/08

Jutta Marzillier, Ph.D.

Human Genome & Sequencing: an update

Abstract

Genomics

11/10/08

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Genome Organization: an update

Genomics

11/12/08

M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D.

Gene expression in zebrafish fins

Abstract

Genomics & Molecular Biology

11/14/08

Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D.

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Computer Science & Molecular Biology

11/17/08

QUIZ 6

Lectures 11/7-11/14

11/19/08

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Stem Cells: Introduction and Prospects in Medicine

Cell Biology & Medicine

11/21/08

Where Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine Meet:  Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices

Chemistry & Biology

11/24/08

Xuanhong Cheng, Ph.D.

Development of microdevices for clinical diagnostics

Abstract

Materials Science & Medicine

11/26/08

NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break

11/28/08

NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break

12/1/08

An Introduction to the Methods and Ethics of Clinical Trials

Abstract

Oncology/Neurology & Medical Research

12/3/08

Fluorescence microscopy as a tool for studying cell-cell communication

Cell Biology

12/5/08

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Concluding Remarks & Discussion