Module: 3

Sponsoring Program: Tetrad
Administrator: Toni Hurley

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: Biochem 210
Course Name: Classic Papers in Biology
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Bruce Alberts

MORE COURSE INFORMATION
Additional Course Director(s): Danica Fujimori
Other faculty: TBA
Room Number: GH S202
Campus: MB
Date: May 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
Schedule: 1:30-4:00p
Maximum Class Size: 15

Course Description: In this course, you will learn about great experiments in the history of biology, through reading carefully some papers that have changed the course of our science. But this is not primarily a history course.  Each classic paper (from areas that span molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and developmental biology) will be paired with an outstanding recent paper that either uses a related approach or explores a related problem.  Through discussions led by a pair of scientists with very different backgrounds, ages and personalities, you will learn how to read these papers, and how to design and carry out good experiments, and good controls. The course also aims to stimulate students to think innovatively in planning their thesis research.