Biology: Discovery and Innovation
Biol 402/502 (3 cr)
Mondays 3-5:30; Spring semester 2007
2 office hour discussions - Tu 8:30-9:30 AM and 4:30-5:30 PM
we have faculty meetings on Tuesdays, so some days I might get there after 4:30 PM
Wiki (homework) and Forum (discussion)
The goal of the course is to introduce UNM students to a broad range of biomedical research, involve them in discussions, and allow students to engage researchers who are involved in research at the frontier of their fields – from Phylogenetics to Cell Biology and Metagenomics to Education and Bioethics.
Schedule:
Jan |
22 |
Introduction and John Heuser |
Why has electron microscopy, originally the basic tool for discovery in cell biology, become today almost passé? | Cell Biology |
Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
|
29 |
Steve Poe |
Using phylogenies to understand biology | Phylogeny |
UNM Biology |
Feb |
5 |
Marianne Berwick |
"Melanoma Etiology: Is it all the sun?" |
Epidemiology |
UNM HSC Epidemiology |
|
12 |
Bill Beavis |
"Translational Bioinformatics: At the Interface of Discovery and Application" | Plant Genomics |
NCGR Santa Fe |
|
19 |
L.Burhansstipanov and Lynn Bemis |
Genetics Education for Native Americans | Genetics Education |
Native American Cancer Research Corp |
|
26 |
Mary O'Connell |
Simple and Complex Genetic Controls of Bioactive Compounds: Capsaicin For Example | Plant Biochemistry |
NMSU |
Mar |
5 |
Mike Cherry |
Towards an understanding of the cell via genomics analysis | Bioinformatics |
Stanford University |
|
12 |
Spring break |
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|
19 |
Bill Gelbart/Thom Kaufman |
"Lessons from A Dozen Flies: Gene Annotation and Genome Evolution" | Comparative Genomics | Harvard University |
|
26 |
Sam Loker |
Parasitology |
UNM Biology |
|
April |
2 |
John Phillips |
The Enviropig: Innovation for Global Health and an Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture |
Bioethics |
University of Guelph , Canada |
|
9 |
Diana Northup |
Shedding New Light on a Dark Topic: The Microbial Wonderland of Caves | Microbial diversity |
UNM Biology |
|
16 |
David Peabody |
"Use and abuse of ingle-strand RNA bacteriophages". |
Biotechnology |
UNM HSC MGM |
|
23 |
Trish Nell Davis |
Cell Biology |
University of Washington , Seattle |
|
|
30 |
D. Dunaway-Mariano |
"Evolution of Enzymes in Nature" | Enzyme Evolution |
UNM Chemistry |
May |
7 |
finals week |
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This class is sponsored by the UNM- I nitiatives to M aximize S tudent D iversity (http://biology.unm.edu/IMSD/home.htm) and the UNM Biology Department (http://biology.unm.edu/)