Columbia University - Department of Biological Sciences
C2908 - First Year Seminar in Modern Biology - Fall 2012

  Wednesday  2:40-3:55, 415 Schapiro Instructor: Dr. Alice Heicklen Home Pages

This course gives you a chance to hear about the latest research being conducted by scientists at Columbia University. Attendance at lectures is required. After each lecture, you should write a summary of the talk (1/2 to 1 page, maximum) and email it (pasted into the body of your message) to my assistant, Chanda Springer, at cs2660@biology.columbia.edu by the following Wednesday (7 days later) at 8am. The use of computers in class is not permitted. You can check the Grade Book at CourseWorks to verify that your assignments have been recorded. Recording of the grade in CourseWorks may take upto a week.  Grading is based on attendance, class participation and timely submission of summaries.

September

October

November

December

5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5
September 5 Dr. Stephen Rayport, Department of Psychiatry, CUMC, and NYSPI, Columbia University
  Schizophrenia
September 12

Dr. Clark Hung, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

  Joint Repair
September 19 Dr. Lars Dietrich, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
  Bacterial Growth
September 26 No Class-Holiday

October 3

Dr. Adam Ratner, Department of Pediatrics, CUMC
  Pediatric Pathogens
October 10 Dr. John Loike, Department of Physiology & Cell Physics, Columbia University
  Inflammation and Parkinson's
October 17 Dr. David Fidock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, CUMC
  Malaria
October 24 Dr. Alice Prince, Department of Pharmacology, CUMC
  Respiratory Pathogens
October 31 Dr. Frances Champagne, Department of Psychology, Columbia University
 

Behavior and Epigenetics

November 7 Dr. Lance Kam, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  Engineering the Immune System
November 14 Dr. Barclay Morrison, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  Brain trauma - a silent epidemic

November 21

No class - Thanksgiving
November 28 Dr. Peter Canoll, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, CUMC
  Glioma Migration and Proliferation
December 5 Dr. Lori Sussel, Department of Genetics & Development, CUMC
  Pancreas Development and Differentiation

Grading
Everyone begins with an A. Every missed class decreases your grade one step: A to A-, A- to B+, etc. If you attend class but do not turn in a summary, this counts as if you missed the class. In addition, each student must each ask two questions during the semester to maintain your grade.


To homepages

Dr. Alice Heicklen Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University