Medicine & Health Sciences - Biochemistry - Medicine
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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| BICH108 - Biological Chemistry |
(3 credit hours) |
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| BMB603 - Advanced Cellular Biology |
(2 credit hours) |
This course will focus on the cellular biochemistry of higher organisms: mechanisms of cellular communication, intracellular signaling, cell growth and oncogenic transformation. During the course two basic cellular structures will be discussed: membrane and mitochondria, two important key players in cell signaling and cell death. Concepts like cell signaling, cell cycle, oxidative stress and cell death will be reviewed. The course will end with an introductory lecture on stem cell biology. Recent experimental findings and new approaches used to investigate how cells work will be emphasized. Students will also be taught how to explore the cell biology literature and to critically evaluate scientific publications.
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| BMB604 - Adcanced Topics inBiochemistry |
(2 credit hours) |
This course is designed to prepare students in learning advanced cellular biochemistry and metabolism under physiological and pathophysiological conditions for successful careers in academia and biotechnology industries. The course also provides enhanced education opportunities for students who wish to extend their knowledge, experience, and opportunities as independent scientists in academic research at universities, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, health/biomedical science management or teaching.
In this course, an overwiew of cellular biochemistry will be given to understand the biochemistry of cellular functions and metabolism. The mechanism of cellular communication and their regulation in normal physiology and pathophysiological conditions will also be discussed.
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| BMB605 - Molecu&Cell BiologyOfNeuroDis. |
(2 credit hours) |
Molecular and Cellular Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases:
Dysfunction of the human brain can produce a wide variety of neurological and psychiatric illnesses. Over the past decades, neuroscientists have begun to unravel the basic underlying mechanisms of a number of important diseases of the nervous system, at the cellular, molecular and genetic levels. None of these disorders are completely understood, and, perhaps more importantly, none are yet susceptible to either total prevention or cure, so that these conditions remain among the most important health problems of our society. These lectures are designed to familiarize the students with basic information about two important neurological disorders Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington's disease, and Prion diseases, focusing on a relatively brief clinical description of the condition and a more in depth discussion on current hypotheses about the mechanisms underlying these diseases.
Objectives:
• To survey the progress in the Neurobiology of AD and PD.
• Understand recurring themes, such as genetic risk modifiers, protein aggregation, as well as differing mechanisms among diseases.
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| MBIO115 - Molecular Biology |
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| MBIO303 - Advanced Molecular Biology |
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| MTAB121 - Enzymes and Metabolism |
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