Spring 2025 Minicourses Archive

Module 1 (Monday, March 31 - Friday, April 18, 2025)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BMS 270Introduction to Human Biology and Medicine - GEMS (FULL)Scott KoganPH45 hours of class to be scheduled between 9am and 5pm in a 3-week perioddetails
BMS 270

Virology Immunology (FULL)

Nadia RoanMBM/W/F, 2:00pm-4:00pm, except 4/9, 1:00-3:00pmdetails
BMS 270/DSCB 270Applying Science to Policymaking (FULL)Laura SchmidtMBM/W/F, 3:00pm-5:00pmdetails 
BMI 219

Defining Tumor Behavior with Liquid Biopsies

David QuigleyMBM/W/F, 3:30pm-5:00pmdetails
BIOCHEM 210Chronic Inflammation and Disease (FULL)Thea TIstyMBM/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pm, except on 4/7 from 9:00am-11:00amdetails
GRAD 219AResearch on Racism in Science: Medicalizing InequityD'Anne DuncanZoomT/TH, 1:00pm-3:00pmdetails


Module 2  (Monday, April 21 - Friday, May 9, 2025)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BP 219Mathematical BiologyMichael GrabeMB
  • Week 1 & 2: M/T/W/TH, 2:00pm- 4:00pm           
  • Week 3: M/T, 2:00pm-4:00pm
details
BP 219/CHEM 219Peer Review in High Throughput BiophysicsJames FraserMBM-F, 3:00pm-5:00pmdetails
BMS 270/DSCB270How to Be(come) a PI (FULL)Peter TurnbaughPHM/F, 3:30pm-5:00pm, W, 2:00-4:00details
BMS 270Immune Cell Engineering (FULL)Justin EyquemPHM-F, 9:00am-11:00am, except 4/28, 10:30-noondetails
BMS 270Advanced Topics in Pediatric Oncology (FULL)Amit SabnisMBM/W/F, 1:15pm-3:00pmdetails
BMS 270Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy in the ClinicJames LeeMt. ZionM/T/TH, 2:00pm-4:00pmdetails
BMS 270Practical Synthetic Biology: A Survey of Molecular Cloning and its Applications (FULL)Greg AllenPHT/TH/F, 9:00am-11:00amdetails 
BIOCHEM 210Multidisciplinary Insight into Chromosome Biology, from Development to Disease (FULL)Elphege NoraMBM/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails
BIOCHEM 210Modern Approaches in Evolution (FULL)Sandy Johnson & David BoothMBM-F, 2:00pm-4:00pmdetails
CHEM 219Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics (FULL)Al BurlingameMBM/TH, 1:00pm-3:00pmdetails 
GRAD 219BResearch on Racism in Science: How Health Science Research Institutions Perpetuate Racism and Health Inequities in Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ BIPOC Populations D'Anne DuncanZoomM/W, 4:00pm-6:00pmdetails 

 

Module 3 (Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 30, 2025)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BP 219/CHEM 219CryoEM Mini CourseKliment VerbaMBM/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails
BMI 219Introduction to Genetic EpidemiologyShea AndrewsMBM/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails
BMS 270Science is Story: The Biology of Storytelling and the Role of Narrative in Science Education (FULL)Scott KoganPHM-F, 10:00am-11:00amdetails
BMS 270/BMI 219Computational ImmunologyMarina SirotaPH and MB (attendance required at both campuses)T/TH, 2:00pm-5:00pmdetails
BMS 270Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology (CANCELED)Joanna PhillipsMBM/W/F, 2:00pm-4:00pmdetails
BMS 270/CHEM 219Current Approaches to Quantitative Proteomics in BiologyArun WiitaMBM/W/F, 9:30am-11:50amdetails
CHEM 219/PSPG 219/BIOCHEM 210Introduction to Drug Discovery (FULL)Jason GestwickiMBT/TH, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails 
GRAD 219CResearch on Racism in Science: Body Knowledge and Repair (CANCELED)D'Anne DuncanZoomT/F, 11:10am-2:00pmdetails 
NS 219Pathobiology of the Basal Ganglia (FULL)Ken NakamuraMBM/W/F, 9:00-am-11:00am except 5/16, 1:00-3:00pmdetails 
PSPG 245CPrinciples of PharmacogenomicsNadav AhituvMBM/W/TH/F, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails 
BIOCHEM 210Principles of Tissue Organization (FULL)Zev GartnerMBM/W/F, 1:00pm-3:00pmdetails 
BIOCHEM 210/BP 219Cellular Electronics (FULL)Wallace MarshallMBM/W/F, 2:00pm-4:00pmdetails 

*Monday, May 26 is a campus holiday, third module minicourses can schedule class sessions on Monday, June 2, if needed to make up for the missed day.