Basic Science Courses

Courses Offered by the Basic Science Departments

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

BCMB 617 Topics in Advanced Biophysical Chemistry
Course Director: Bachinger
Term: Winter

BCMB 619 The Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Disease
Course Director: Farrens
Terms: Fall, Winter, and Spring

BCMB 620 Biochemical & Biophysical Properties of Membranes
Course Directors:Lutsenko and Farrens
Term: Winter, alternate years

BCMB 621 Biophysical Chemistry of Macromolecule
Course Director: Farrens
Term: Spring, alternate years

BCMB 625 Advanced Molecular Biology: Topics and Methods in Modern Molecular Biology
Course Director: Hoatlin
Term: Spring, alternate years

Cell & Developmental Biology

CELL 605 Human Gross Anatomy, Imaging, and Embryology For Graduate Students
Course Director: Ciment
Term: Fall, taught the last week of August to the third week of November

CELL 607 Departmental Seminar Series
Course Director: Maurer
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring

CELL 611 Histology-The Structure and Function of Cells in Tissues
Course Directors: Magun and Schmidt
Terms: Spring, alternate years

CELL 615 Advance Topics in Developmental Neurobiology
Course Directors: Copenhaver
Terms: Spring, alternate years

CELL 616 Advanced Cancer Biology
Course Directors: Wong and Sears
Terms: Spring, alternate years

CELL 618 Mechanisms of Development
Course Director: Christian
Terms: Winter, alternate years

CELL 620 Model Systems Biology
Course Directors: Brigande and Wong
Terms: Summer, alternate years

Molecular & Medical Genetics

MGEN 607A Departmental Seminar Series
Course Director: Moses
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring

MGEN 609 Clinical Experience in Medical Genetics
Course Director: Sampson
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring

MGEN 610 Essentials of Molecular and Medical Genetics
Course Director: Olson
Term: Fall

MGEN 611 Departmental Grand Rounds
Course Director: Zonana
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring

MGEN 615 Cytogenic Laboratory
Course Directors: Magenis and Olson
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

MGEN 620 Interviewing and Counseling Techniques for Genetic Counseling
Course Director: Kovak
Terms: Winter

MGEN 622 Eukaryotic Genetics
Course Director: Olson
Terms: Winter

MGEN 623 Mechanisms of Disease
Course Director: Olson
Terms: Spring

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

MBIM 607A Departmental Seminar Series
Course Director: Landfear
Terms: Fall, Winter, Spring

MBIM 608 Advanced Virology
Course Directors: Nelson and Johnson
Term: Spring, alternate years

MBIM 610 Introduction to Immunology
Course Director: Stenzel-Poore
Term: Winter

MBIM 611 Introductory Microbial Pathogenesis
Course Director: Wong
Term: Spring, alternate years

MBIM 612 Advanced Immunology
Course Director: Hill
Term: Spring, alternate years

MBIM 614 Advanced Molecular Genetics
Course Director: Crosa
Term: Spring, alternate years

Physiology & Pharmacology

PHPH 607 Departmental Seminar Series
Course Director: Roselli
Term: Fall, Winter, Spring

PHPH 614 Neurophysiology and Pharmacology of Pain
Course Director: Heinricher
Term: TBA, Contact the department

PHPH 617 Pharmacokinetics: Drug Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination
Course Directors: Koop and Olsen
Term: Fall

PHPH 618 Pharmacodynamics
Course Director: Habecker
Term: Winter

PHPH 619 Topics in Autonomic Physiology and Pharmacology
Course Directors: Habecker, Andresen, and Fryer
Term: Spring

PHPH 620 Molecular Pharmacology: Principles of Drug Discovery and Design
Course Director: Grandy
Term: Spring

PHPH 622 Ion Channels and Genetic Diseases
Course Director: Dawson
Term: TBA, Contact the department