Explanation

All students in the Cell Biology Program, as in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program, follow an integrated curriculum in Cell and Molecular Biology during the fall of the first year. They subsequently can choose among many courses. The Program now has three fundamental courses: Signaling to and from the Cell Surface - Topics in Cell Biology (CLBY 422); Cell Biology and Human Disease (CLBY526/MBIO526); Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology (CLBY 488). Students entering in 2009 or later must take at least two of these three courses.

Many members of the program teach elective courses which have a departmental "home." Some are cross-listed with the CLBY acronym.

For a complete listing of graduate (and undergraduate) courses, please consult the university registrar.

Representative Electives

BIOC 420. Molecular Genetics of Cancer
BIOC 618. The Biology and Mathematics of Microarray Studies
EPBI 473. Integrative Cancer Biology
EVHS 502. DNA Damage and Repair
GENE 508. Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics
GENE 521. Chromatin Structure & Function
GENE 523. Embryonic Patterning in Development
MBIO 445. Introduction to Virology
MBIO 518. Signaling Via Cell Adhesion – Cell Surfaces and Matrices
MBIO 519. Molecular Biology of RNA
MBIO 524. Prokaryotic Cell and Developmental Biology
MBIO 620. Transcription & Gene Regulation
NEUR 402. Principles of Neural Sciences
NEUR 405. Cell and Molecular Neurobiology
NEUR 411. Neurobiology of Disease
NEUR 425. Stem Cell Biology and Therapeutics
NEUR 440. Synaptic Transmission
PATH 416. Fundamental Immunology
PATH 417. Cytokines: Function, Structure and Signaling
PATH 418. Tumor Immunology
PATH 477. Cellular and Molecular Basis of Immune Dysfunction
PATH 481. Immunology of Infectious Diseases
PATH 487. Cell Biology of the Nucleus
PATH 555. Advanced Cell Regulation
PHOL 466. Cell Signaling
PHOL 468. Membrane Physiology
PHOL 475. Protein Biophysics
PHOL 476. Cell Biophysics

Cell Biology Research Courses

CELL BIOLOGY

CLBY 601. Special Problems (1-36)
This is the listing for independent research. Students should enroll in this course once they have selected their laboratory for Ph.D. research. The number of credit hours depends on how many didactic courses they are following at the same time. Once they have passed their qualifying examination they should register for CLBY 701. EXLIST: MBIO 519.

CLBY 701. Dissertation Ph.D. (1-36)
This is the listing for independent research toward the Ph.D. The number of credit hours depends on how many didactic courses students are following at the same time. Students may register for this course only once they have passed their qualifying examination.

CLBY 702. Appointed Dissertation Fellowship (9)

IBMS 500. On Being a Professional Scientist