Dual-Level Courses

The inter-relationships between reactive species and development of human diseases will be the highlight of lectures and discussions.

Prereq: Chem 2520, 2620, or 2920H
Credits: 2
Offered: Spring

Qualified students can conduct a minor investigation under the direction of a faculty member.

Prereq: Course work in Biochemistry, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U
Credits: 1-10
Offered: Autumn, Spring, Summer

Identification of drug receptor genes and their second messenger pathways provides information unavailable from traditional approaches. We will examine how this information is used to develop new medications to treat a wide range of disorders with improving efficacy and safety.

Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
Offered: Autumn, Spring

Over the course of the last century a wide variety of drugs have been developed for chemotherapy of cancer and infectious disease. The mechanisms of action of these drugs involves diverse biological processes. In this course we will examine the molecular components targeted by anticancer, antimycobacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, anthelmintic and antiviral drugs.

Prereq: Prior coursework in biochemistry or physiology or equiv., or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
Offered: Autumn, Spring

Covers basic principles of drug action for specific drug classes; including chemical properties, mechanisms of drug action, clinical uses, disposition, contraindications, adverse reactions, clinically significant drug interactions, and drug-disease interactions.

Prereq: Prior coursework in biochemistry or physiology or equiv., or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
Offered: Autumn, Spring

The broad intent of this course is to highlight the importance of responsible conduct in biomedical research and to explore how critical ethical thinking can be used to analyze personal decision-making, public regulation, and the law concerning advanced biomedical sciences/technologies and their clinical applications. This course will introduce students to professional and ethical issues.

Prereq: 
Credits: 1-2
Offered: Summer

This course will provide an in depth understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying epigenetic inheritance, which is the inheritance of traits not encoded in the sequence of a genome. In addition, the course will provide students an opportunity to demonstrate command of the subject matter through a presentation from the current scientific literature.

Prereq: MolGen 4606; or Biochem 5613, 5614, and 5615; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
Offered: Spring

Introductory course emphasizing the general principles of pharmacology using a systems-based and mechanism-based approach. The course provides a simple overview of the subject.

Credits: 3
Offered: Autumn, Spring, Summer

Pharmacological agents are valuable tools with which to probe the molecular and cellular basis of brain function. The scientific rational underlying the use of drugs to treat a wide range of neurologic and psychiatric disorders will be examined.

Prereq: Undergraduate Biochemistry or Physiology (or equivalent), or permission of instructor. Cross-listed in Psych.
Credits: 3
Offered: Autumn, Spring