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
Biostatistics Module Instructor:
John Magnotti, PhD
John.Magnotti@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Dr. Magnotti to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Week 1-7)
Lee-Ann Notice
Lee.Notice@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Lee-Ann to set up an appointment
Regular Module TA (Week 1-14)
Sarah Lach
Sarah.Lach@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Sarah to set up an appointment
Biostats Module TA : TBA
Applied Next Generation Sequencing Module TA:
Chase Hutchins
Chase.M.Hutchins@uth.tmc.edu
Office Hours: Email Chase to set up an appointment
Next Generation Sequencing Module TA: TBA
Dates: August 29 - December 9, 2022
( No class on Labor Day [Sept. 5] and Thanksgiving Week [Nov. 21-25])
When: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays (8:30 am - 11:00 am)
Tuesdays (8:30 am - 10:15 am)
Thursdays (8:30 am - 9:45 am)
Where: The Regular and Applied Next Generation Sequencing Modules will be held in Onstead Auditorium
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 | DNA structure, Replication, Chromatin, epigenetics, transcription | Bartholomew |
Sept 19- 23 | Week 4 | Cell Cycle, DNA Damage and Repair Machinery | Cole |
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 |