Date |
Lecturer |
Department/Institution |
Topic |
Focus |
08/24/15 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Course goals and expectations |
Introduction |
08/26/15 |
Selected faculty panel |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Ethical considerations in the biosciences |
Bioethics |
08/28/15 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Introduction to cell biology and mechanisms of gene expression |
Background: Cell and Molecular Biology |
08/31/15 |
Robert Skibbens, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Cell biology of cancer |
Cancer |
09/02/15 |
Michael Kuchka, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Hallmarks of cancer |
Cancer |
09/04/15 |
Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Oncogenes and cancer |
Cancer |
09/07/15 |
LABOR DAY - NO CLASS |
09/09/15 |
Kelly Burns |
Chemistry
Lehigh University |
Specific targeting and delivery of therapeutics to cancer cells based on the tumor microenvironment |
Cancer |
09/11/15 |
Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Molecular-based cancer therapeutics |
Cancer |
09/14/15 |
R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Information processing in the nervous system |
Neuroscience |
09/16/15 |
R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Advances in neurological medicine |
Neuroscience |
09/18/15 |
John Nyby, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Drugs, the brain, and behavior |
Neuroscience |
09/21/15 |
Ryan Wynne, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York |
Drugs and behavior |
Neuroscience |
09/23/15 |
EXAM 1 |
09/25/15 |
Jennifer Swann, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Sexual differentiation |
Neuroscience |
09/28/15 |
Jill Schneider, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Neuroendocrine and metabolic control of ingestion and reproduction |
Neuroscience |
09/30/15 |
Julie Haas, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
The ever-changing brain |
Neuroscience |
10/02/15 |
Sabrina Jedlicka, Ph.D. |
Materials Science and Engineering
Lehigh University |
Biomechanics and neuronal cell biology |
Neuroengineering |
10/05/15 |
Julie Miwa, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Genes and the brain |
Neuroscience |
10/07/15 |
Michael Layden, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Developmental neurobiology |
Developmental Neurobiology |
10/09/15 |
Neal Simon, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Diseases of the Nervous System |
Neuroscience |
10/12/15 |
PACING BREAK - NO CLASS |
10/14/15 |
Neal Simon, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Drug development for nervous system disorders |
Neuroscience |
10/16/15 |
Jing Liu |
Electrical and Computer Science Engineering
Lehigh University |
Epilepsy and neural engineering: Brain Machine Interfaces? |
Neuroengineering |
10/19/15 |
EXAM 2 |
10/21/15 |
Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Cardiovascular Disease |
Physiology |
10/23/15 |
Yue Yu, Ph.D. |
Mathematics
Lehigh University |
Modeling biomechanics of cerebral aneurysms and collapsible vasculature |
Physiology |
10/26/15 |
Joshua Slee, Ph.D. |
Biology
DeSales University |
The inflammatory response |
Physiology |
10/28/15 |
Jamie Havrilak, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Lung physiology |
Physiology |
10/30/15 |
Lesley Chow, Ph.D. |
Materials Science & Engineering
Lehigh University |
Tissue engineering |
Physiology |
11/02/15 |
Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D. |
Computer Science & Engineering
Lehigh University |
Bioinformatics: Genes and genomes |
Genomics |
11/04/15 |
Brian Chen, Ph.D. |
Computer Science & Engineering
Lehigh University |
Structural bioinformatics: Proteomics |
Genomics |
11/06/15 |
Gregory Lang, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Genomics and evolution |
Genomics |
11/09/15 |
Michael Kuchka, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Transcriptomics |
Genomics |
11/11/15 |
EXAM 3 |
11/13/15 |
M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Diseases of the skeleton |
Genomics and Medicine |
11/16/15 |
Anand Jagota, Ph.D. |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University |
DNA biosensors |
Genomics and Biotechnology |
11/18/15 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Antibiotics and alternative biocontrol strategies |
Infectious Disease |
11/20/15 |
Bryan Berger, Ph.D. |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University |
Microbial pathogenesis: Development of biocontrol agents to degrade biofilms |
Infectious Disease |
11/23/15 |
Amber Rice, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Evolutionary perspectives on emerging diseases and antibiotic resistence |
Infectious Disease |
11/25/15 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
NO CLASSES |
11/27/15 |
11/30/15 |
Javier Buceta, Ph.D. |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University |
Role of modeling in understanding disease propagation |
Infectious Disease |
12/02/15 |
Peter Shank, Ph.D. |
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University |
Viral Pathogens |
Infectious Disease |
12/04/15 |
Vassie Ware, Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences
Lehigh University |
Stem cells and infectious disease
Concluding Remarks |
Infectious Disease |