Current Seminar Courses
SEMINAR COURSES
CMB students are required to complete three 1- or 2- credit Seminar courses. These courses can include CMB 800 courses or any courses listed below. Seminar courses not listed below must be approved by the CMB Director.
Courses listed below are categorized as literature-based or writing/professional development courses. There are two options for completing the three seminar requirements.
- Take 3 literature-based courses.
- Take two literature-based courses plus one writing/professional development course.
Please note that although the semester indicated is typical for each course, each course is not necessarily offered every year. If only the Semester is listed for a given course, please check to verify whether the course will be offered.
If you know of a course, or are interested in a course, that is not listed below, please let us know!
LITERATURE REVIEW COURSES
These should constitute at least two of your three required seminar course
Live Imaging and Quantitative Analyses
Number: CMB 800, Section 1
Course Director: Sangbum Park
Credits: 1
Semester: Fall 2024
Description: This course is designed to teach and discuss live imaging techniques and the quantitative
analysis methods from molecular and cellular imaging by using fluorescence microscopy.
Topics will be covered from the basic microscopy approaches to diverse quantitative
imaging analyses for the different molecular and cellular processes. Each student
will choose one subject and will present one research article assigned by the instructor.
Course will be taught in IQ 3000.
Advanced Mammalian Genetics
Number: CMB 855
Course Director: Ripla Arora, Bin Gu
Credits: 1
Semester: Fall 2024
Description: This course is suitable for students wanting to learn basic and modern techniques
in mouse genetics. Topics will include generation of mouse mutants using targeted
mutagenesis and CRISPR gene editing; Cre-Lox recombination for tissue and time-specific
gene ablation; lineage tracing and live imaging for mutational analysis and concepts
underlying bulk and single cell RNA-sequencing. Class format will include lectures
and student presentations. An undergraduate level course on genetics is desired.
These may constitue one of your three required seminar courses
Course Director: Keith Latham
Semester: Fall (Please check with instructor)
Description: The focus of the course is on developing independent investigator-initiated proposals, as would be pursued throughout typical scientists’ careers. The course will focus on the core scientific part of an application (aims, significance, experimental plan, and other elements), which will translate to any grant mechanism including fellowship applications. Students will write a research proposal on a topic of their choice during the semester using an NIH short format, receiving instructor and peer comments as well a weekly input for a research proposal mentor. Using such feedback and suggestions on successive sections, students will hone and refine a completed proposal.