Fall 2019
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Please note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Please check regularly for any updates.
| Month | Day | Title | Lecturer | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 26 | Course Goals and Expections | Vassie Ware, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Introduction |
| 28 | Ethical Considerations in the Biosciences | Selected faculty | Bioethics | |
| 30 | Introduction to Cell Biology and Mechanisms of Gene Expression | Vassie Ware, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Background: Cell and Molecular Biology |
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| September | 2 | LABOR DAY - NO CLASS | ||
| 4 | Cell Biology of Cancer | Lynne Cassimeris, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Cancer | |
| 6 | Hallmarks of Cancer | Michael Kuchka, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Cancer | |
| 9 | Telomeres and Cancer | David Zappulla, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Cancer | |
| 11 | Oncogenes and Cancer | Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Cancer | |
| 13 | Molecular-based Cancer Therapeutics | Damien Thévenin, Ph.D. Chemistry |
Cancer | |
| 16 | Information Processing in the Nervous System | R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 18 | Advances in Neurological Medicine | R. Michael Burger, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 20 | Neuroscience Ethics | Ann Fink, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 23 | EXAM 1 | |||
| 25 | Nervous System Development | Michael Layden, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 27 | Stress-related Disorders and Drug Development | Neal Simon, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 30 | Drugs and Behavior | Ryan Wynne, Ph.D. Biological Sciences St. Thomas Aquinas College |
Neuroscience | |
| October | 2 | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Daniel Babcock, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience and Cancer |
| 4 | Convergence in Biomedical Sciences for Translational Oncology and Clinical Neuroscience | Stephen Wong, Ph.D. Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medicine |
Neuroscience and Cancer | |
| 7 | Neurotoxicity | Katie Hoffman, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 9 | Genes and the Brain | Julie Miwa, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Neuroscience | |
| 11 | The Wonderful World of Mycobacteriophages; Discovery, dynamics, collusion, and therapy | Graham Hatfull, Ph.D. Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh |
Infectious Diseases | |
| 14 | PACING BREAK - NO CLASS | |||
| 16 | Antibiotics and Resistant Bacteria | Vassie Ware, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Infectious Diseases | |
| 18 | EXAM 2 | |||
| 21 | Waterborne Pathogens | Kristen Jellison, Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Infectious Diseases | |
| 23 | Viral Pathogens | Robert Buckheit, Ph.D. ImQuest |
Infectious Diseases | |
| 25 | Emerging Diseases: An Evolutionary Perspective | Amber Rice, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Infectious Diseases | |
| 28 | Engineered Microdevices for HIV and Sickle Cell Diagnostics | Xuanhong Cheng, Ph.D. Materials Science & Eng. |
Engineered Biosystems: Disease Diagnostics | |
| 30 | Bacteria: Friend or Foe? | Marcos Pires, Ph.D. Chemistry |
Microbiology | |
| November | 1 | The Science and Fiction of Antibiotic Apocalypse: Outbreak Narratives and Military Metaphors | Lorenzo Servitje, Ph.D. English and Health, Medicine & Society Program |
Infectious Diseases |
| 4 | Model Organisms in Biological Research | Michael Layden, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Basic and applied research models | |
| 6 | Inflammation and the Immune Response | Joshua Slee, Ph.D. Biologiy DeSales University |
Physiology | |
| 8 | Cardiovascular disease | Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. | Physiology | |
| 11 | EXAM 3 | |||
| 13 | Introduction to Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine | Lesley Chow, Ph.D. Materials Science & Eng. |
Engineered Biosystems: Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine | |
| 15 | Mind, Brain, Immunity | Ann Fink, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Physiology | |
| 18 | Personal Genomics | Wynn Meyer, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Genomics | |
| 20 | Epigenetics in Health and Disease | Santiago Herrera, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Genomics and Medicine | |
| 22 | Bioinformatics: Genes and Genomes | Daniel Lopresti, Ph.D. Computer Science & Eng. |
Genomics and Computational Approaches | |
| 25 | CRISPR and Genome Editing | Michael Kuchka, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Genomics | |
| 27 | THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO CLASS | |||
| 29 | THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO CLASS | |||
| December | 2 | CANCELED | ||
| 4 | CRISPR and Genome Editing | Dena Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Religion Studies |
Bioethics | |
| 6 | An Ode to Stem Cells | Vassie Ware, Ph.D. Biological Sciences |
Genomics | |