MEDI 501 CLASS SCHEDULE - FALL 2017

Eye Care Centre (ECC), Auditorium, 2550 Willow Street

3:30 to 5:00 pm

Date / Lecture / Room / Lecturer
Thurs. September7th / Introduction – all Exp Med incoming students must attend
Overview of Experimental Medicine 501 / ECC / Dr. Vince Duronio
Dr. Laura Sly
Tues. September 12th / Signalling domains regulating signalling pathways / ECC / Dr. Vince Duronio
SECTION ONE / CANCER
Thur. September 14th / Tumor Suppressors / ECC / Dr. Michael Cox
Tues. September 19th / Apoptosis – Regulation of cell death and survival / ECC / Dr. Vince Duronio
Thurs. September 21st / Oncoproteins and Tumour-requiring Proteins in Oncogenesis. / ECC / Dr. Steve Pelech
Tues. September 26th / Cancer Models / ECC / Dr. Christopher Ong
SECTION TWO / STEM CELLS, HEMATOPEIETIC CELLS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Thurs. September 28th / Topics in Molecular Immunology I / ECC / Dr. Alice Mui
Tues. October 3rd / Topics in Molecular Immunology II / ECC / Dr. Alice Mui
Thurs. October 5th / Immunotherapy in Cancer / ECC / Dr. Gregor Reid
Tues. October 10th / Stem Cells: Concepts and Definitions / ECC / Dr. Fabio Rossi
Thurs. October 12th / Stem Cells: in Therapy and Disease / ECC / Dr. Fabio Rossi
Tues. October 17th / Toll-like Receptor Structure & Function / ECC / Dr. Ted Steiner
Thurs. October 19th / Autoinflammation / ECC / Dr. Laura Sly
Tues. October 24th / Leukocyte Biology / ECC / Dr. Stephan Van Eeden
Thurs. October 26th / Development & Trafficking of Hematopoietic Cells / ECC / Dr. Kelly McNagny
Tues. October 31st / Cytokines in the Inflammatory Response / ECC / Dr. Neil Reiner
Date / Lecture / Rm / Lecturer
SECTION THREE / GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Thurs. November 2nd / Concepts of gene expression, and what can we learn from measuring RNA in peripheral blood samples? / ECC / Dr. Scott Tebbutt
Tues. November 7th / Concepts of biomarker discovery and development, with an example from the world of asthma / ECC / Dr. Scott Tebbutt
Thurs. November 9th / Pharmacogenetics in Personalized Medicine / ECC / Dr. Andrew Sandford
Tues. November 14th / Alternative RNA Splicing and Cancer / ECC / Dr. Xuesen Dong
SECTION FOUR / SYSTEMS AND DISEASES
Thurs. November 16th / Osteoimmunology: New insights on how drugs used to treat osteoporosis (low bone mass) affect the immune system / ECC / Dr. Shirin Kalyan
Tues. November 21st / Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in the Brain / ECC / Dr. Yu Tian Wang
Thurs. November 23rd / Nanomedicine – Basics, Diagnostics, and Clinical Applications / ECC / Dr. Horacio Bach
Tues. November 28th / Gastrointestinal Inflammation / ECC / Dr. Bruce Vallance
Thurs. November 30th / Changing Behaviour in Adults at Midlife and Beyond: Adopting and Sustaining an Active Lifestyle / ECC / Dr. Maureen Ashe
EXAM INFORMATION:
  • Mid-term covering lectures 1-11 will be given out on Oct. 27th and must be completed by Oct. 30th.
  • Final exam covering lectures 12-24 will be given out on Dec. 8th and must be completed by Dec. 11th.
/ ECC
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Laura Sly
Dr. Vince Duronio
Experimental Medicine Office:
Phone #: 604-875-4111 extension 63140
Email:

Last updated: August 17, 2017