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
Catherine Denicourt, PhD
Catherine.Denicourt@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Dr. Denicourt to set up an appointment
Wassim Chehab, PhD
Elamir.W.Chehab@uth.tmc.edu
BSRB S3.8435
Office Hours: Email Dr. Chehab to set up an appointment
Biostatistics Module Instructor:
John Magnotti, PhD
John.Magnotti@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Dr. Magnotti to set up an appointment
Next Generation Sequencing Module Instructor:
Ambro van Hoof, PhD
Ambro.Van.Hoof@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Dr. van Hoof to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Week 1-7)
Sheighlah McManus
Sheighlah.McManus@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Sheighlah to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Week 8-14)
Chase Hutchins
Chase.M.Hutchins@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Chase to set up an appointment
Biostats Module TA
Paula bender
Paula.Bender@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Paula to set up an appointment
Next Generation Sequencing Module TA
Mitheera V
mitheera.v@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Mitheera to set up an appointment
Dates: August 28 - December 8, 2023
( No class on Labor Day and Thanksgiving Week)
When: Mondays (8:30 am - 10:15 am)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays (8:30 am - 11:00 am)
Thursdays (8:30 am - 9:45 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 2022 | WEEK | TOPIC | TOPIC LEADER |
Aug 29 - Sept 2 | Week 1 | How Did We Get Here: A Brief History of Biomedical Science | Lorenz |
Sept 5 - 9 | Week 2 | Genetics | Arur |
Sept 12 - 16 | Week 3 | Cell Cycle, DNA Replication, DNA Damage and Repair Machinery | Cole |
Sept 19- 23 | Week 4 | DNA structure, Replication, Chromatin, epigenetics, transcription | Bartholomew |
Sept 26 - Sept 30 | Week 5 | RNA and the Transcriptome | van Hoof |
Oct 3 - 7 | Week 6 | Birth and Destruction of Proteins | Denicourt |
Oct 10 - 14 | Week 7 | Cell Biology | Kim |
Oct 17 - 21 | Week 8 | Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility | Eisenhoffer |
Oct 24 - 28 | Week 9 | Extracellular and Intracellular Signaling | Cunha |
Oct 31 - Nov 4 | Week 10 | Developmental Biology | Behringer/Miller |
Nov 7 - 11 | Week 11 | Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance | Lorenz / Arur |
Nov 14 - 18 | Week 12 | Immune cells, functions and therapies | Reuben |
Nov 21 - 25 | Thanksgiving | No core course classes this week | N/A |
Nov 28 - Dec 2 | Week 13 | Introduction to Quantitative Sciences | Sahni and Hart |
Dec 5 - 9 | Week 14 | Neuroscience | Venkatachalam |