BIOM 201: Seminar in Biomedical Research
Course Description and Guidelines [pdf] Syllabi for 2006, 2007

Syllabus - Fall, 2008

Course Director: Bruce Hamilton (x2-1055 email: bah ucsd•edu)
Co-Director: Seth Field (x2-1731 email: sjfield ucsd•edu)

Course Faculty: Timothy Bigby, Jim Feramisco, Jonathan Lin,
Jing Yang, Jason Yuan, Huilin Zhou

Day
Date
Location
Time
Speaker Title or Topic
Wed
9/24/08
CMME 2047
1:30 PM
Karen Oegema
Bruce Hamilton
BMS core course orientation
Th
9/25/08
CMG
4:00 PM
Cori Bargmann
Rockefeller U.
Half a Wiring Diagram is Better Than None: Using a Fixed Circuit to Generate Flexible Behavior
Fri
9/26/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Tony Essex
(Oegema lab)
Bargmann discussion
Morgan pre-session
Th
10/2/08
CMG
4:00 PM
David Morgan
UCSF
Finishing the Cell Cycle
Fri
10/3/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Lori Lefkowitz
(Gleeson lab)
Morgan discussion
Nussbaum pre-session
Th
10/9/08
TBA
4:00 PM
Robert Nussbaum
UCSF
Alpha-Synuclein and Parkinson's Disease
Fri
10/10/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Dr. Robert Naviaux
(Assoc. Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics)
Nussbaum discussion
Nunnari pre-session
Th
10/16/08
CMG
4:00 PM
Jodi Nunnari
UC Davis
The Machines that Divide and Fuse Mitochondria
Fri
10/17/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Tammy Stawicki
(Neurosciences Graduate Program)
Nunnari discussion
Zipursky pre-session
Tue
10/21/08
Garren Auditorium, BSB
4:00 PM
Larry Zipursky
HHMI/UCLA
The Structural Basis and Function of Dscam Diversity in Wiring the Fly Brain
Fri
10/24/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Ross Corriden
(Insel lab)
Zipursky discussion
Agard pre-session
Tue
10/28/08
Leichtag 107
12:00 PM
David Agard
UCSF
Conformational dynamics and mechanism of Hsp90 molecular chaperones
Fri
10/31/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Dr. Melivin I. Simon
(Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology)
Agard discussion
Siderovski pre-session
Tue
11/4/08
Leichtag 107
12:00 PM
David Siderovski
UNC Chapel Hill
Interrogating receptor/G-protein activation mechanics via natural and artificial peptides
Fri
11/7/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Dr. Benjamin Yu
(Asst. Professor, Medicine)
Siderovski discussion
Loots pre-session
laptops suggested, to follow informatics links
Th
11/13/08
Leichtag 107
12:00 PM
Gabriella Loots
Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Sclerostin is a Modifier of Limb Morphogenesis
Fri
11/14/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Greg Fuchs
(Zhou lab)
Loots discussion
Goodman pre-session
Th
11/20/08
CMG
4:00 PM
Myron Goodman
USC
Better Living Through Hyper-mutation
Fri
11/21/08
CMME 2047
11:30 AM
Dr. Janel Kopp
(Sander lab)
Goodman discussion
Rossant pre-session
Th
11/22/07
Thanksgiving
Fri
12/5/07
Leichtag 107
note new location!
12:00 PM
note new time!
Janet Rossant
U. Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children
Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Exiting the Pluripotent State
Fri
12/5/07
CMME 2047
1:15 PM
note new time!
Rossant discussion
wrap up & course evaluation

last update 10/28/08