Autumn semester course offering: Selected Topics of Molecular Medicine

BIOPHRM 7823: Selected Topics of Molecular Medicine explores current scientific research on the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer and a variety of neurological diseases.


This course explores current scientific research on the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer and a variety of neurological diseases.

This 2 credit hour course will take place Mondays from 1 – 2:55 p.m. (with 10-minute break) in 400 Prior Hall.

Graduate students from all Ohio State colleges are welcome to enroll.

There are two instructors:

  • Dr. Chen Gu, Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Course Director, gu.49@osu.edu
  • Dr. Li-Chun Tu, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, tu.277@osu.edu

Topics covered

Dr. Gu

  • August 24 (1st) Ion Channels in Neuroimmunology
  • August 31 (2nd) Action potential and neurobiology of multiple sclerosis
  • September 7 No class (Labor day)
  • September 14 (3rd) Synaptic transmission and epilepsy
  • September 21 (4th) Ion channel regulation and mild traumatic brain injury
  • September 28 (5th) Excitation-inhibition imbalance in comorbidities among neurological disorders
  • October 5 (6th) Nerve-cancer cell interaction
  • October 12 (7th) Mid-Term Exam

Dr. Tu

  • October 19 (8th) Cancer and Cell Apoptosis
  • October 26 (9th) Genetic alterations in cancer
  • November 2 (10th) Epigenetics in cancer
  • November 9 (11th) Tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology I
  • November 16 (12th) Tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology II
  • November 23 (13th) Cancer immunotherapy
  • November 30 (14th) Final Exam

Contact

Chen Gu, Course Director


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