Biosciences in the 21st Century
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  Class Schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 10:10 to 11:00 a.m.

Please note:  This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Please check regularly for any updates.

Date

Lecturer

Topic

Focus

08/24/09

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Course Goals and Expectations

Introduction

08/26/09

R. Michael Burger, Ph.D.

Information Processing in the
Nervous System

Neuroscience

08/28/09

R. Michael Burger, Ph.D.

Advances in Neurological Medicine

Neuroscience

08/31/09

John Nyby, Ph.D.

Drugs, The Brain, and Behavior

 Neuroscience

09/2/09

Ryan Wynne, Ph.D.

Don't Stop Until You Get Enough?  Drugs and Their Modifying Effects on the Human Body

Neuroscience

09/4/09

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Drug Development/Clinical Trials

Neuroscience

09/7/09

NO CLASS – Labor Day

09/9/09

Stefan Maas, Ph.D.

Brain Complexity and Disease

Neuroscience

09/11/09

Colin Saldanha, Ph.D.

Hormones & Neuronal Communication

Neuroscience

09/14/09

Susan Perry, Ph.D.

Tissue Engineering and the Brain

Cell Biology and Neuroscience

09/16/09

QUIZ 1

09/18/09

Barry Bean, Ph.D.

Fertilization, Sexual Development and Differentiation

Cell Biology and Development

09/21/09

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Sex Differentiation and Disorders

Sexual Developmental Disorders

09/23/09

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular Disease

Cell Biology and Disease

09/25/09

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.

Cellular Biomechanics

Cell Biology and Mechanical Engineering

09/28/09

Xuanhong Cheng, Ph.D.

Microdevices for Clinical Diagnostics

Engineered Biomedical Systems

09/30/09

James Gilchrist, Ph.D.

Microdevices for Clinical Diagnostics
(Part II)

Engineered Biomedical Systems

10/02/09

Matthias Falk, Ph.D.

Microscopy and Tissue Engineering

Cell Biology and Materials Science

10/05/09

NO CLASS - Pacing Break

10/07/09

Ned Heindel, Ph.D.

Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices

Chemistry and Biology Interfaces

10/09/09

QUIZ 2

10/12/09

Jeff Sands, Ph.D.

Viruses (Part I)

Infectious Disease

10/14/09

Jeff Sands, Ph.D.

Viruses (Part II)

Infectious Disease

10/16/09

Jay Reuben, Ph.D.

Gastroenteritis and Bacterial Pathogenicity

Infectious Disease

10/19/09

Joseph Frantz, Ph.D.

Viruses: H1N1

Infectious Disease

10/21/09

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Antibiotics and Drug Development

Infectious Disease

10/23/09

Robert Skibbens, Ph.D.

Cell Division and Cell Cycle

Cell Biology and Cancer

10/26/09

Robert Skibbens, Ph.D.

Cell Division and Cancer

Cell Biology and Cancer

10/28/09

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.

Oncogenes and Cancer

Cell Biology and Cancer

10/30/09

Dimitris Vavylonis, Ph.D.

Biophysics of Cell Division

Cell Biology and Physics

11/02/09

QUIZ 3

11/04/09

iBioSeminar (ASCB)
Brian Druker, MD

Introduction to Genomics in Medicine by Prof. Ware, followed by iBioSeminar video,
"Imatinib (Gleevec) as a Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapies"

Genomics

11/06/09

Jutta Marzillier, Ph.D.

Human Genome

Genomics

11/09/09

iBioSeminar (ASCB)
Brian Druker, MD

Part II of Genomics in Medicine by Prof. Ware, followed by iBioSeminar video, "Extending the Imatinib Paradigm"

Genomics

11/11/09

Stefan Maas, Ph.D.

Genome Organization

Genomics

11/13/09

Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics

Computer Science and Genomics

11/16/09

M. Kathyrn Iovine, Ph.D.

Gene Expression in Zebrafish

Molecular Biology

11/18/09

QUIZ 4

11/20/09

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Stem Cells: Introduction

Stem Cell Biology

11/23/09

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Stem Cells and Fertility

Stem Cell Biology

11/25/09

NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break

11/27/09

11/30/09

Neal Simon, Ph.D.

Dietary Replacement, Aging, and Mind

Stem Cell Biology

12/02/09

John Glod, MD, Ph.D.

Stem Cells, Cancer, Clinical Trials

12/04/09

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.

Concluding Remarks & Discussion

 

QUIZ 5  to be scheduled by the Registrar during the final exam period

 

 
     
 

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