GS21 1017: Foundations of Biomedical Research
GS21 1018: Foundations of Biomedical Research for Quantitative Students
Course Directors:
Swathi Arur, PhD
sarur@mdanderson.org
Office Hours: Email Dr. Arur to set up an appointment
Michael Lorenz, PhD
michael.lorenz@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Dr. Lorenz to set up an appointment
Course Coordinator:
Wassim Chehab, PhD
elamir.w.chehab@uth.tmc.edu
BSRB S3.8435
Office Hours: Email Dr. Chehab to set up an appointment
Core Course Teaching Assistants:
Weeks 1-7:
Rian Morgan
rjmorgan@mdanderson.org
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursdays, 11:15 am-12:15 pm in-person or via Zoom
Weeks 8-14: TBA
Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Teaching Assistants:
Wenhao Li
wli91@mdanderson.org
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:15 am-12:15 pm via Zoom (Links to an external site)
Passcode: 776686
Lon Wolf Fong
lwfong@mdanderson.org
Office Hours: Fridays 11:15 am-12:15 pm via Zoom
Dates:
August 30, 2021 – December 10, 2021
(no class on Labor Day or during Thanksgiving Week)
When:
8:30-11:00 (Monday - Friday)
Where:
Onstead Auditorium / Zoom classroom https://uthealth.zoom.us/j/94691623463?pwd=QlF2YjF5dm1nRGtLeStmTGtDNDNKUT09
Meeting ID: 946 9162 3463
Password: 776686
Grades:
A-F (GS21 1017) or P/F (GS21 1018)
Date 2021 | Week | Topic | Topic Leaders |
August 30 - September 3 | Week 1 | How Did We Get Here: A Brief History of Biomedical Science | Lorenz |
September 6 - 10 | Week 2 | Principles of Genetics and Modern Genomics | Arur |
September 13 - 17 | Week 3 | Transcription, Epigenetics and RNA | Bedford / van Hoof / Cheng |
September 20 - 24 | Week 4 | RNA and the Transcriptome | van Hoof |
September 27 - October 1 | Week 5 | The Birth and Destruction of Proteins | Denicourt |
October 4 - 8 | Week 6 | Protein Structure and Function/Metabolism | Putkey / Carpenter |
October 11 - 15 | Week 7 | Cell Biology – From the Membrane to the Nucleus and Back Again | Kim / Cheng |
October 18 - 22 | Week 8 | Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility | McCrea / Eisenhoffer |
October 25 - 29 | Week 9 | Cell Cycle and DNA Repair Machinery | Johnson / Cole |
November 1 - 5 | Week 10 | Extracellular and Intracellular Communication | Cunha |
November 8 -12 | Week 11 | Challenging the Genome | Chandra |
November 15 -19 | Week 12 | Signaling Systems and Bodily Stress | Walters |
November 22 - 26 | Thanksgiving | no core course classes this week | n/a |
November 29 - December 3 | Week 13 | Developmental Biology | Behringer / Miller |
December 6 -10 | Week 14 | TBA | Arur / Lorenz |