This course concerns basic concepts and contemporary issues of cell structure and function. Topics covered include cell structure and function, protein sorting and trafficking, membrane transport and excitability, signal transduction and cell cycle. A combined lecture and conference format is used with lectures emphasizing basic principles derived from original journal articles. Conferences are used to review lecture concepts, present laboratory demonstrations, analyze original literature and solve problems.
Laboratory rotations introduce students to disciplines, faculty, techniques and research strategies. Students participate in ongoing projects in the basic science departments. These courses are designed to assist students in identifying their research goals while enabling them to maintain a more comprehensive view of the integrative nature of life sciences.
Laboratory rotations introduce students to disciplines, faculty, techniques and research strategies. Students participate in ongoing projects in the basic science departments. These courses are designed to assist students in identifying their research goals while enabling them to maintain a more comprehensive view of the integrative nature of life sciences.
The goal of this course is to introduce students to strategies for identifying, reading, critiquing and presenting scientific literature. Students will break into small group journal clubs in which they will present a paper from the primary literature.
This course is a requirement for all Natural Science Interdisciplinary Master's students. It will expose students to the biomedical peer-reviewed literature, and is intended to provide them with a solid foundation in reading, understanding, critiquing and presenting research articles in journal club and class discussion formats.
This course is required for all students in the PPBS program. Students will be introduced to topics relevant to their training and situations that pose potential ethical concerns. Class discussions led by faculty facilitators will explore appropriate and inappropriate ways to deal with these situations.
This lecture course is required for all students in the PPBS program. It will teach students fundamental concepts important to a broad range of biomedical research topics.
This course is a combination of lectures and research paper discussions and is required for all students in the PPBS program. This course will teach students to research methods, experimental design, data analysis and critical thinking.
Designed to expose students in the Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary masters program to current topics in the biomedical sciences. Students will be required to attend a one-hour seminar each week, chosen from the wide array of Jacobs School seminar series offered in both biomedical and clinical disciplines.
Supervised culminating project for the Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary master's program. Students will present and discuss their work in progress in individual meetings with their advisor.
