Following is a list of tentative courses for the fall and spring semesters.
Fall 2009 Courses
10 semester hours (first year students).
Each lab rotation lasts for 10 to 12 weeks.
10 semester hours (all students after first year)
Core course three semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for five weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: Fong-Fong Chu, Ph.D. Textbook: Stryer: Biochemistry, Lehninger: Principles of Biochemistry.
Core course three semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for five weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: Rajesh Gaur, Ph.D. Textbook: Lodish, Molecular Cell Biology.
Core course two semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for three weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: William Bennett, M.D.
Advanced topic course two semester hours, Thursdays 2 to 4 p.m., Fox North 1st Floor Conference Room. Coordinator: Chu-Chih Shih, Ph.D.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Jack Shively, Ph.D. Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinators: R-J Lin, Ph.D., and John Rossi, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Yuan Chen, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Chih-Pin Liu, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Adam Bailis, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Judy Singer-Sam, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Tom LeBon, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Steve Novak, Ph.D. Seminars by prominent scientists invited by the graduate students. All students must attend a discussion group as well as the seminar.
Spring 2009 Courses
Core Course three semester hours, three lectures per week for 12 weeks. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: Ivan Todorov, Ph.D.
10 semester hours (all students after first year)
Core course three semester hours. Two lectures (three hours) per week for 12 weeks. Tuesday and Thursday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room.
Coordinators: Jeff Longmate, Ph.D., and Yate-Ching Yuan, Ph.D.
Core course three semester hours, once a week for eight weeks, Fox North First Floor Conference Room
Coordinator: Adam Bailis, Ph.D.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Jack Shively, Ph.D. Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinators: R-J Lin, Ph.D., and John Rossi, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Yuan Chen, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Chih-Pin Liu, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Adam Bailis, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Judy Singer-Sam, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Dawn Eastmond, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Steve Novak, Ph.D. Seminars by prominent scientists invited by the graduate students. All students must attend a discussion group as well as the seminar.
Laboratory Education
Intensive specialized laboratory education constitutes the foundation of the Ph.D. degree program. The goal is to develop a professionally trained scientist, prepared for a career in academic, medical or industrial research.
After successfully completing the core curriculum, comprehensive examination and research proposal, students will concentrate the majority of their time on their individual dissertation laboratory research project under the guidance and tutelage of their faculty advisor/research director, and continue to participate in journal clubs, as well as attend seminars.