Spring 2024 Minicourses

Please note:
For students interested in taking a minicourse:

Participating programs*: Your program coordinator will send you the instructions for choosing minicourses.
*BMI, BMS, CCB, DSCB, PSPG, Neuroscience, Tetrad

Other programs: Please first check the course listing to make sure the course you are interested in is not already full. Then e-mail the Administrator associated with the course to request permission to be enrolled (please note any pre-requisites).

Please do not add a minicourse to your study list until after you have received confirmation from the administrator that you have been enrolled in the course.

Module 1 (Monday, April 1 - Friday, April 19, 2024)

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME COURSE DIRECTOR CAMPUS  SCHEDULE details
Biochem 210 Multidisciplinary Insight into Chromosome Biology, from Development to Disease Elphege Nora MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
Biochem 210/BP 219 Form, Function and Force: a Deep Dive into the Cytoskeleton Dyche Mullins MB M/W/F, 9:00am-12:00pm details
BMI 219/BP 219

Deep Learning for Biological Sciences
FULL

Reza Abbasi-Asl MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
BMS 270 Introduction to Human Biology and Medicine Scott Kogan PH TBD (45 Hours) details
BMS 270 Microbial Pathogenesis in Mammalian Hosts Suzanne Noble PH M-F, 1:00pm-3:00pm (see details) details
BMS 270 Immune Cell Engineering
FULL
Justin Eyquem PH M-F, 9:00am-11:00am details
BMS 270 Classic Papers – A Deep Dive into Methods, Logic, and Creativity Joachim Li PH M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
BP 219/Chem 219 Principles of Structure Determination by X-ray, CryoEM and Neutron Diffraction and Scattering Robert Stroud MB M/T/Th/F, 1:00pm-2:30pm details
Chem 219

Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry
FULL

Al Burlingame MB M/Th, 1:00pm-3:00pm details
GRAD 219A Special Topics in Racism and Social Justice in Science D'Anne Duncan Virtual M/W/F, 9:00am-10:30am details
PSPG 245C Principles of Pharmacogenomics Nadav Ahituv MB M, W-F, 10:00am-12:00pm details


Module 2  (Monday, April 22 - Friday, May 10, 2024)

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME COURSE DIRECTOR CAMPUS  SCHEDULE details
Biochem 210

Science Communication
FULL

Jennifer Frazier MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
Biochem 210 Principles of Tissue Organization Zev Gartner MB M/W/F, 1:00pm-3:00pm details
Biochem 210 Modern Approaches to Evolution Sandy Johnson MB M-F, 2:00pm-4:00pm details
Biochem 210/Chem 219 The Protein Homeostasis Network in Health and Disease Martin Kampmann MB M/W/F, 9:00am-12:00pm details
BMI 219 Phenotyping Tumors Using Liquid Biopsies David Quigley MB M/W/F, 3:00pm-5:00pm details
BMI 219 Methods in Genetic Epidemiology Shea Andrews MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
BMS 270 Advanced Topics in Pediatric Oncology Alejandro Sweet-Cordero MB M/W/F, 1:15pm-3:00pm details
BMS 270/DSCB 270 Current Topics in Cancer Metabolism Andrei Goga PH M/F, 3:00pm-5:00pm, W/Th, 10:00am-12:00pm details
BMS 270/DSCB 270 Applying Science to Policymaking
FULL
Keith Yamamoto MB M/W/F, 3:00pm-5:00pm details
BMS 270/BMI 219 Computational Immunology
FULL
Marina Sirota MB and PH T/Th, 2:00pm-5:00pm details
BMS 270/DSCB 270/Biochem 210/BP 219 Optical Microscopy to Reveal Dynamic Biology Torsten Wittman PH T/Th, 1:00pm-4:00pm details
BP 219 Peer Review in High Throughput Biophysics James Fraser MB M-F, 3:00pm-5:00pm details

BP 219/Biochem 210

CryoEM Mini Course
CANCELLED
Kliment Verba MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
NS 219 Special Topics in Basic and Translational Neuroscience (Mood & Anxiety Circuit) Mazen Kheirbek MB T/Th, 2:00pm-5:00pm details
NS 219 Special Topics in Basic and Translational Neuroscience (The Encoder Decoder Framework for Neuroscience) Saul Kato MB M/W/F, 9:00am-11:00am details

 

Module 3 (Monday, May 13 - Friday, May 31, 2024*)

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME COURSE DIRECTOR CAMPUS  SCHEDULE details
Biochem 210 Classic Papers - A Deep Dive into Methods, Logic, and Creativity Joachim Li MB M/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm details
Biochem 210 Inheritance and Maintenance of Cell Fate
FULL
Bassem Al-Sady MB M/W/F, 9:15am-11:15am details
BMS 270/BMI 219 Fundamentals of Microbiome Research
CANCELLED
Peter Turnbaugh PH M/T/Th//Fri, 3:00pm-5:00pm & W, 1:00pm-3:00pm details
BMS 270 Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology Joanna Phillips MB M/W/F, 2:00pm-4:00pm details
BMS 270/PSPG 219/Chem 219 Current Approaches to Quantitative Proteomics in Biology
FULL
Arun Wiita MB M/W/F, 9:30am-11:50am details
GRAD 219C Special Topics in Racism and Social Justice in Science
FULL
D'Anne Duncan Virtual T/Th, 1:00pm-3:00pm details
PSPG 219 AI in Drug Development Rada Savic MB 5/13    3:00pm-5:00pm
5/16    2:00pm-4:00pm
5/20    3:00pm-5:00pm
5/21    1:00pm-3:00pm
5/28    12:00pm-2:00pm
5/30     2:00pm-4:00pm
details

*Monday, May 27 is a campus holiday, third module minicourses can schedule class sessions on Monday, June 3, if needed to make up for the missed day.