Course Descriptions

All registered MDB graduate students must participate in seminar/research journal club. The students are required to present their research findings as well as critically review published paper(s) of their choice and describe in detail the findings described therein. Attendance of Department Faculty seminars is a requirement.

This course covers structure, function, and biogenesis of cellular organelles and the cytoskeleton, including their regulation and dynamic interactions. The course is taught in seminars, followed by student-led discussions of recent relevant papers in the literature. The goal of the course is to lead the students to the in-depth conceptual and methodological analysis of selected topics up the understanding of current leading-edge research in specific topics in cell biology.

The course is designed to cover knowledge beyond the textbooks and enable the students to develop and criticize experimental approaches in Cell Biology acceptable for current peer-review criteria.

This course will offer the student a virtual slide collection of histology with interactive lectures to support image-based learning. The course covers basic tissues, organs, and systems (vascular, digestive, respiratory, urinary, lymphatic, endocrine, nervous, and reproductive). The goal of the course is to enable the students to understand what they can see in normal (H&E) microscopy sections, identify microscopic structures and cells, and learn the function(s) of the same.

This course, comprised of lectures and student-led literature discussion, is intended to provide broad-based instruction on the modern molecular and cellular aspects of cancer biology, basic, and translational research. The course highlights multiple areas, including cell cycle, apoptosis, epidemiology, and angiogenesis.

This course is required for all Ph.D. candidates. The student will enroll for credits as determined by the Office of Graduate Studies but not fewer than 24. No more than 12 hours of research may be taken in a regular semester and no more than six in a summer session.

This course is required for all Ph.D. candidates. The student will enroll for credits as determined by the Office of Graduate Studies.

Student must be registered in the semester they plan to defend. Used to establish research in residence for the Ph.D. after the student has been enrolled for the permissible cumulative total in appropriate doctoral research. Credit is not granted.