GS21 1017: Foundations of Biomedical Research
GS21 1018: Foundations of Biomedical Research for Quantitative Students
Course Directors:
Wassim Chehab, PhD
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BSRB S3.8435
Office Hours: Email Dr. Chehab to set up an appointment
Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, PhD
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Office Hours: Email Dr. Gomez-Manzano to set up an appointment
Catherine Denicourt, PhD
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Office Hours: Email Dr. Denicourt to set up an appointment
Biostatistics Module Instructor:
John Magnotti, PhD
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Office Hours: Email Dr. Magnotti to set up an appointment
Michael Valladolid
Next Generation Sequencing Module Instructor:
Andrew Pountain, PhD
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Office Hours: Email Dr. Pountain to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Weeks 1-7)
Renee Girard
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Office Hours: Email Rene to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Weeks 8-14)
Anna Naglis
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Office Hours: Email Anna to set up an appointment
Biostats Module TA (Weeks 1-14)
Thomas Mitchell
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Office Hours: Email Thomas to set up an appointment
Next Generation Sequencing Module TA (Weeks 1-14)
Daria Reshetnikova
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Office Hours: Email Daria to set up an appointment
Dates: August 25 - December 5, 2025
(No class on Labor Day and Thanksgiving Week)
When: Mondays (8:30 am - 10:15 am). Except Sep 8, Sep 29, Oct 20, Nov 10, Dec 1 (8:30 am - 11:15 am)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays (8:30 am - 11:00 am)
Thursdays (8:30 am - 9:45 am)
and Fridays (8:30 am - 11:30 am) [ Quiz is from 11:00 am - 11:30 am)
Where: The Regular and Applied Next Generation Sequencing Modules will be held in the Large Classroom at BSRB
The Biostats Module will be held Via Zoom. (Zoom link information is provided on the Canvas Core Course Website).
Grades: A-F (GS21 1017) or P/F (GS21 1018)
DATE | WEEK | TOPIC | TOPIC LEADER |
Aug 25 - Aug 29 | Week 1 | How Did We Get Here: A Brief History of Biomedical Science | Lorenz |
Sept 2 - 5 | Week 2 | Genetics | Kapoor |
Sept 8 - 12 | Week 3 | DNA Structure, Chromatin, epigenetics, transcription | Bartholomew |
Sept 15- 19 | Week 4 | Cell Cycle, DNA Replication, DNA Damage and Repair Machinery | Cole |
Sept 22 - 26 | Week 5 | RNA and the Transcriptome | Denicourt & Lee |
Sept 29 - Oct 3 | Week 6 | Birth and Destruction of Proteins | Denicourt |
Oct 6 - 10 | Week 7 | Cell Biology | Kim & Moore |
Oct 13 - 17 | Week 8 | Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility | Eisenhoffer |
Oct 20 - 24 | Week 9 | Extracellular and Intracellular Signaling | Cunha |
Oct 27 - Oct 31 | Week 10 | Developmental Biology | Behringer & Miller |
Nov 3 - 7 | Week 11 | Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance | Lorenz |
Nov 10 - 14 | Week 12 | Introduction to Quantitative Sciences | Hart |
Nov 17 - Nov 21 | Week 13 | Immune cells, functions and therapies | Reuben |
Nov 24 - Nov 28 | Thanksgiving | No core course classes this week | N/A |
Dec 1 - 5 | Week 14 | Neuroscience | Venkatachalam |