Typical Curriculum

Year by Year

Typical Curriculum Years 1 and 2

Course Descriptions

• Core III: Concepts in Cancer Biology
  Course number: TBA
  Credits: 1-3 credits
  Course director: James J. Manfredi, Ph.D.
  Semester: Spring
  Meeting times: Monday-Friday, 9:00-10:00 A.M.
  Concepts in Cancer Biology is a three-module which represents the Core III for the Cancer Biology MTA
  The tentative plans for the modules are as follows:
  Module I: Molecular Basis of Cancer
  Module II: Tumor Pathology and Clinical Aspects of Cancer
  Module III: Cancer Therapeutics
• Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology
  Course number: G625
  Credits: 1-3 credits
  Course director: Andrew Chan, Ph.D.
  Semester: Spring
  Meeting times: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:00 A.M.
  

  Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology is a 3-module course in which students may take either one, two, or all three modules for credit. Each module is a credit course consisting of journal article-based student presentations in particular topics that are relevant to cancer biology. The focus will be on areas of basic molecular and cellular biology that are relevant to cancer. This is a semester long course, lasting 15 weeks.

  For 2007, the topics and faculty were as follows:
  Module I: Chromatin Dynamics and Cancer (Brehon Laurent, Ph.D.)
  Module II: Signaling Defects in Cancer Cells (Andrew Chan)
  Module III: Ubiquitin Signalling in Cancer Biology (Zhen-Qiang Pan)

• Advanced Topics in Tumor Biology
  Course number: TBA
  Credits: 1-3 credits
  Course director: Qin Yu, Ph.D.
  Semester: Fall
  Meeting times: TBD
  

  Advanced Topics in Tumor Biology is a 3-module course in which students may take either one, two, or all three modules for credit. Each module is a credit course consisting of journal article-based student presentations in particular topics that are relevant to tumor biology. The focus will be on areas of specifically related to tumorigenesis. This is a semester long course, lasting 15 weeks.

  For 2008, the proposed topics and faculty were as follows:
  Module I: Tumorigenesis, Invasion, and Metastasis (Qin Yu)
  Module II: Angiogenesis and Cancer (Mihaela Skobe)
  Module III: Animal Models of Human Cancer (Cathie Pfleger)

• Journal Club in Cancer Biology
  Course number: TBA
  Credits: 1 credit
  Course director: Zhen-Qiang Pan, Ph.D.
  Semester: Fall and Spring
  Meeting times: TBD
• Oncological Sciences Seminar Series
  Course number: TBA
  Credits: 1 credit
  Course director: Matthew O'Connell, Ph.D.
  Semester: Fall and Spring
  Meeting times: Tuesdays, 12 noon
• Cancer Biology Work in Progress (Cancer Club)
  Course number: TBA
  Credits: 1 credit
  Course director: James J. Manfredi, Ph.D.
  Semester: Fall and Spring
  Meeting times: Thursdays, 5:00-6:30 P.M.
  Presentations of research by students provide each the opportunity to present their research at least once during the academic year.

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