Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.
Please note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Please check regularly for any updates.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 10/5/07 | Samir Ghadiali, Ph.D. | Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Lung Cell Injury | Mechanical Engineering |
| 10/8/07 | Pacing Break | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 11/23/07 | Thanksgiving | ||
| 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 | |
| Final exam quiz to be announced |
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