Biosciences in the 21st Century
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  • Fall 2008
  • Fall 2007

08/25/2008
Course Goals and Expecations
PDF of PowerPoint

8/27/08
Neurons, Synapses, and
Signaling: Information
Processing in the
Nervous System

PDF of PowerPoint

8/29/2008
Innovations and Challenges:
A New Era in
Neurological Medicine

PDF of PowerPoint

09/03/2008
Aggression and Violence
PDF of PowerPoint


09/05/2008
Brain Complexity & Disease
PDF of PowerPoint

09/08/2008
Songbirds, Steroids, and
Adult Neurogenesis

PDF of PowerPoint

09/12/2008
Gametogenesis &
Fertilization

PDF of PowerPoint

09/15/2008
Sex Differences
PDF of PowerPoint

09/19/2008
Contraception
PDF of PowerPoint

09/22/2008
Effects on protein
renaturation and sperm
functions by novel
organic compounds

PDF of PowerPoint

09/26/2008
Diet, Aging, and Mind (Part I)
PDF of PowerPoint

09/29/2008
Diet, Aging and Mind (Part II)
PDF of PowerPoint

10/01/2008
Obesity
PDF of PowerPoint

10/03/2008
Cardiovascular disease:
studies at the cellular
and molecular level

PDF of PowerPoint

10/08/2008
Viruses:  Replication,
Evolution, and Pandemics

PDF of PowerPoint

10/10/2008
The Battle against Viruses:
21st Century Drugs
and Vaccines

PDF of PowerPoint

10/15/2008
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
PDF of PowerPoint

10/17/2008
Healthcare Associated Infections
PDF of PowerPoint

10/20/2008
Ribosomes & Antibiotics
PDF of PowerPoint
Translation Movie

 

10/24/2008
Cell Division &
Cell Cycle (Part I)
Chromosome dynamics
during cell division

PDF of PowerPoint
Mitosis movie
Pol movie
Forscher Axon movie
Melanocyte movie
Disperse movie

10/27/2008
Cell Division &
Cell Cycle
(Part II)
Cell cycle and sister
pairing reactions
PDF of PowerPoint
Sullivan movie
Spindle movie

10/29/2008
Oncogenes & Cancer
PDF of PowerPoint

10/31/2008
Biophysics of Assembly of
Cell Division Apparatus

PDF of PowerPoint
Below C Star Movie
Above C Star Movie
Broad Band Movie
Node Movements Movie
Filament Node Movie
Nodes Movie

11/03/2008
Blue Babies and
Bounded Rationality

PDF of PowerPoint

11/07/2008
Human Genome &
Sequencing: an update

PDF of PowerPoint
11/10/2008
Genome Organization:
an update

PDF of PowerPoint
11/12/2008
Gene expression in
zebrafish fins

PDF of PowerPoint
11/14/2008
Introduction to
Bioinformatics

PDF of PowerPoint
11/19/2008
Stem Cells: Introduction
and Prospects in Medicine

PDF of PowerPoint
Ode to a Stem Cell
11/21/2008
Where Biology, Chemistry,
and Medicine Meet: 
Point-of-Care
Diagnostic Devices

PDF of PowerPoint
11/24/2008
Development of microdevices
for clinical diagnostics

PDF of PowerPoint
12/01/2008
An Introduction to the
Methods and Ethics of
Clinical Trials

PDF of PowerPoint
12/03/2008
Fluorescence microscopy
as a tool for studying
cell-cell communication

PDF of PowerPoint
Movie 1
Movie 2
Movie 3
12/05/2008
Concluding Remarks
& Discussion

PDF of PowerPoint
   

Vassie Ware, Ph.D., 8/27/07
Introduction
PDF of PowerPoint

Please note the audio is "soft" the first two minutes, but is then corrected. Be patient!

R. Michael Burger, Ph.D.
Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling: Information Processing in the Nervous System
PDF of PowerPoint

Burger, 8/31/07
Innovations and Challenges: A New Era in Neurological Medicine
PDF of PowerPoint
Article

Simon, 9/5/07
The Neurobiology of Violence and Aggression
PDF of PowerPoint

Simon, 9/7/07
Diet, Aging, and Mind
PDF of PowerPoint

Jennifer Swann, Ph.D.
Sex Differences
Study Questions
PDF of PowerPoint

Jill Schneider, Ph.D.
Obesity
PowerPoint
Unhappy Meals article
Big Fat Lie article
Please note: you may experience a problem viewing some slides on the PowerPoint file. We are working on this and hope to have it corrected soon.

Jennifer Swann, Ph.D.
Circadian Rhythms
PDF of PowerPoint
Study Questions


Lynne Cassimeris, Ph.D.
Cell Division and the Cell Cycle
PDF of PowerPoint
Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.
Oncogenes and Cancer
PDF of PowerPoint
Vassie Ware introducing iBioSeminar
Introduction to
Molecular Motor Proteins
PDF of PowerPoint
Direct link for iBioSeminar
Ron Vale, Ph.D.
Future Goals and
Medical Implications
PDF of PowerPoint
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Dimitrios Vavylonis, Ph.D.
Biophysics of Contractile
Ring Assembly
PDF of PowerPoint

Samir Ghadiali, Ph.D.
Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Lung Cell Injury
PDF of PowerPoint

Craig Ferris, Ph.D.
Functional Magnetic Resonance in Awake Animals: Methods and Applications in Behavioral Neuroscience Research
PDF of PowerPoint

Jutta Marzillier, Ph.D.
Genome Sequencing Technologies

PDF of PowerPoint

Stefan Maas, Ph.D.
Genomes: What We Know and What We Don't Know
PDF of PowerPoint

Stefan Maas, Ph.D.
Genomics: Molecular Studies on Complex Biological Systems
PDF of PowerPoint

Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D.
Introduction to Bioinformatics
PDF of PowerPoint

Robin Dillon, Ph.D.
Moral Reasoning in Bioethics
PDF of Handout

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Introduction to Stem Cells and Ethical Issues
PDF of PowerPoint
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells (part one)
PDF of PowerPoint
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells (part two)
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Elizabeth Dolan, Ph.D.
Contagious Others: The Egyptian Opthalmia in Mary Shelley's Frankenstien”
PDF of PowerPoint
Sight for Sore Eyes article

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.
Stem Cells Wrap-Up
PDF of PowerPoint
Ode to a Skin Stem Cell

John Glod, MD, Ph.D.
An Introduction to the Methods and Ethics of Clinical Trials
PDF of PowerPoint

Kimberly Wicklund, Ph.D. and Mark Clymer
Fluorescence Bioimaging in Translational Research
PDF of Wicklund PowerPoint
PDF of Clymer PowerPoint

Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D.
Cardiovascular disease, studies at the cellular and molecular level
PDF of PowerPoint

Ned Heindel, Ph.D.
Where Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine Meet:  Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices
PDF of PowerPoint
Please note the audio is "soft" the first five minutes, but is then corrected.
Be patient!

Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D.
Virus Evolution
and Pandemics
PDF of PowerPoint

Jeffrey Sands, Ph.D.
21st Century Vaccines
against Viruses
PDF of PowerPoint

David Baltimore, Ph.D. iBioSeminar
Why Gene Therapy Might be a Reasonable Tool for
Attacking HIV
PDF of PowerPoint
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Stanley Falkow, Ph.D. iBioSeminar
What is a Pathogen? Trying to Understand Human Biology
by the Study of Pathogenic Bacteria
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. iBioSeminar
Escalating Infectious
Disease Threat
Direct link for iBioSeminar

Vassie Ware, Ph.D.
Highlights and
Future Prospects
PDF of PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
 

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