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Freshman Seminar: Using Model Organisms to Cure Cancer and Diseases 090:101 Section 67

Discussion: Th5
Thursday 3:20-4:40
Nelson, Rm A237

Spring 2008
Course Coordinator Dr. Andrew Vershon (732) 445-2905

Announcements: Students are required to two one page papers (double spaced) describing the research interests of two labs at Rutgers /UMDNJ. One of the descriptions should be one of the professors who gave a presentation in the course. The second one must be another professor on campus. Describe why their research is interesting to you and how it may help our understanding of the causes for cancer and diseases. The papers will be due April 10. Please send the papers electronically to Dr. Vershon

Please fill out the on-line evaluation form for this course. (http://ctaar.rutgers.edu/surveys/fys/vershon-waksman.html). We really want to know your opinion about the course and how we can make it better.

Discussion Schedule
Week
 Date Discussion Topic Instructor Notes Figures
1
 1/24

Discussions: Course Introduction - Why study model organisms?
Using yeast to understand mechanisms of gene regulation

Vershon

  
2
 1/31

Discussions: Synthetic lethality in budding yeast provides clues to genome stability and cancer.

Brill
    
3
 2/7

Discussions: Molecular strategies in development

 Irvine
    
4
 2/14

Discussions: Clocks in the brain; adapting to daily and seasonal changes.

Edery

    
5
 2/21 Discussions: Using Flies to study signaling pathways involved in human cancer

Dimova

  


6
 2/28 Discussions: The RNA Revolution Gunderson
  


7
 3/6 Discussions: Drosophila as a model organism for Human Diseases and Development Padgett  
8
 3/13 Discussions: Pirrotta  
  3/20 No Class - Spring Break
9
 3/27

Discussions: Model Organisms for Studies on Meeting Worldwide Energy Demands

 Niederman

    
10
 4/3 Discussions: Chromatin - Just a gift wrap for the genome? Kusch Paper  

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