Spring 2026 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, March 30 - Friday, April 17, 2026)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BMI 219 Identifying and phenotyping tumors with a liquid biopsyDavid QuigleyMBM/W/F, 3-5pmdetails
BMS 270Advanced Topics in Pediatric OncologyAmit SabnisMBM/W/F, 1pm-3pmdetails
BMS 270Introduction to Human Biology and Medicine - GEMSScott KoganPH45 hours of class to be scheduled between 9am and 5pm in a 3-week perioddetails 
BMS 270Immune Cell EngineeringJustin EyquemPHM-F, 9am-11amdetails
PSPG 245CPrinciples of PharmacogenomicsNadav AhituvMBM/W/TH/F, 10am-12pmdetails
GRAD 219Research on Racism in Science, Measured Harm: Violence Epidemiology, Healthcare Disparities, and Black LGBTQ+ WomenD'Anne DuncanZoomT/TH, 3-5pm (PT)details


Module 2  (Monday, April 20 - Friday, May 8, 2026)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BP 219Epistasis and Allostery: What are they? Are they real?Willow Coyote-MaestasMBWednesdays, 10am-12pm

Fridays, 1-3pm
details
BioE 219/BMS 270Applying Science to PolicymakingJeannie BaileyMBM/W/F, 3-5pmdetails
BMS 270Mammalian MetabolismSagar BapatPHT/W/TH, 1:30-3:30pmdetails
BMS 270Molecular and Computational Approaches in Neuro-OncologyJoanna PhillipsMBM/W/F, 2pm-4pmdetails
BMS 270Designing Vaccines for Challenging PathogensRachel RutishauserPHT/W/TH, 2pm-4pmdetails
BMS 270/BIOCHEM 210/BP 219Light Sheet MicroscopyTorsten WittmannPH2 afternoons 1-4 pm; days TBD; 6 sessions totaldetails
BIOCHEM 210/BP 219Form, Function and Force: A Deep Dive Into the CytoskeletonDyche MullinsMBM/W/F, 9am-12pm, except April 6th, 9-11am due to GRAD 214details 
BIOCHEM 210Science CommunicationJennifer FrazierMBM-F, 1pm-3pm (no class May 8th)details
BIOCHEM 210Modern Approach to Evolutions

Sandy Johnson/David Booth

MBM-F, 2pm-4pmdetails
CHEM 219Mass Spectrometry and ProteomicsAl BurlingameMBM/TH, 1pm-3pmdetails 
BMI 219Statistical Software Development in RSergio Baranzini/Wanjun GuMBM/W/F, 1pm-2:30pmdetails 
GRAD 219Research on Racisim in Science: Race and Biomedicine: Knowing and Living the BodyD'Anne DuncanZoomM/W, 2-5pm (PT)details 

 

Module 3 (Monday, May 11 - Friday, May 29, 2026)

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE NAMECOURSE DIRECTORCAMPUS SCHEDULEdetails
BP 219/CHEM 219/BIOCHEM 210CryoEM Mini CourseKliment VerbaMBM/W/F, 9am-12pmdetails
BP 219Peer Review on AI in BiologyJames FraserMB5/11, 5/12, 5/13, 5/18-22, 5/26: 3-5PMdetails
BMS 270/BIOCHEM 210/CHEM 219iMicro Microbial PathogenesisSuzanne NoblePH or MBM-5, 9:30am-11:30amdetails
BMS 270/BMI 219Computational ImmunologyMarina SirotaPH and MB (attendance required at both campuses)T/TH, 2pm-5pmdetails
BMS 270Applied BiostatisticsAdam FergusonMBM/T/F, 1pm-3:15pmdetails
BMS 270/CHEM 219Current Approaches to Quantitative Proteomics in BiologyDaniel SwaneyMBM/W/F, 9:30am-11:50amdetails
CHEM 219

Introduction to Drug Discovery

Jason GestwickiMBT/TH, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails 
GRAD 219Research on Racism in Science: Race, Non-Consent, and InequityD'Anne DuncanZoomM/TH, 1:30-3:30pm (PT)details 
BIOCHEM 210Principles of Tissue OrganizationZev GartnerMBM/W/F, 1:00pm-3:00pmdetails 
BMI 219Introduction to Genetic EpidemiologyShea AndrewsMBM/W/F, 10:00am-12:00pmdetails

*Monday, May 26 is a campus holiday, third module minicourses can schedule class sessions on Monday, June 1, if needed to make up for the missed day.