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