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Translational Science - Metabolism
Translational Science - Immunology
The focus of the course is an overview exposure to the organ systems of the human body. Class has histology oral presentations
In section One: 3R online modules with class discussionsIn section Two: Students present a journal article and lead the class discussionIn section Three: Compliments Intro to Clinical Research course content.
Students meet in small groups with faculty members to read and discuss current research articles. The goal is to learn to critically evaluate experiments and results and to design controlled experiments. The papers often include controversial aspects so the focus of the discussion is on seeing how more rigorous experimentation and/or analysis could have improved the strength of the conclusions. ?BCMB students only.
These weekly sessions are integrated with the BCMB core courses. Students meet in small groups with faculty members to discuss relevant literature that corresponds to the core course lectures. The small group atmosphere facilitates active and critical discussions of the merits of the work from perspectives of experimental design, data evaluation, and the soundness of conclusions. The faculty discussion leaders will encourage students to think carefully about scientific process and outcome.
The emphasis of this course is the cellular and molecular aspects of the pathogenesis and treatment of human diseases
This discussion course focuses on responsible conduct of research in science. Topics include issues of diversity and inclusion, mentoring, misconduct/fraud, authorship, conflict of interest, scientific record keeping, animal and human experimentation. For BCMB students only.
Will give a general overview of the grant writing process to include the significant components of a hypothesis driven scientific grant application and its peer review process. Proposals for this course will be based on each student’s current thesis work and will be developed as the thesis proposal.
This course introduces first year students to CMM faculty research and ongoing laboratory research projects.
Hands-on elective course discussing computational methods (including R, Unix and Python) for manipulating and exploring high throughput datasets.
Understand the steps involved in conceiving, conducting and translating clinical research. Prepare and review a clinical research project in groups.
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This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to learn principles and practices of electron microscopy so they can use then for their thesis projects. The course has two components: lectures and hands-on experimental sessions. Lectures will cover history, principles, and techniques. In the hands-on sessions, students will learn how to process samples for electron microscopy, including, fixation, plastic embedding, high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, imaging and image analysis.*Instructor approval is required prior to registration and the student must be in their 2nd year or later, and have a thesis advisor. The lab course fee will be charged to the thesis advisor.
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Students in years 3 and 4 will gain further expose and education about the clinical opportunities and translational implications associated with their thesis research.
First year students perform 3 lab rotations. Upper-class students in conjunction with thesis advisor perform focused research on his/her thesis project
Laboratory Research
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Graduate students engaged in the MedImmune Scholars Program will spend 50% of their time during their thesis work at MedImmune which is located in Gaithersburg, MD. This program enrolls students from multiple departments / graduate programs and there will be interdivisional registrations (WSE, SPH, KSAS) for this SOM course. Registration for this course is restricted to students who have been selected for the program.
These weekly sessions are integrated with the BCMB core courses. They provide hands-on work to reinforce and further develop computational concepts and material students learn didactically in the corresponding course sessions. Experimental design, and concepts of rigor and reproducibility will also be emphasized. BCMB students only.
This intensive one week course is meant to immerse student in computation, and to provide them with the foundational tools to be able to apply modern computational techniques and appropriate statistics to their data. BCMB Students Only.
Research course for students in the Crossdisciplinary Program for Biomedical Sciences (XDBio)
During this course, students will read and analyze papers on different topics (related to biochemistry, molecular and cell biology), and will further discuss them with the scientists who led the work. Specifically, these will be selected invited speakers for the various seminar series running on campus by different departments. BCMB students only, 3rd year and above.
This first-year course incorporates discussion on topics such as: (a) the scientist as a responsible member of society, (b) research misconduct, (c) data acquisition and management, (d) authorship and publication practices, (e) mentor and trainee responsibilities, (f) use of animals in research, (g) conflicts of interest, (h) collaborative research and (i) human subjects protection. By inviting graduate students from a variety of training programs, the course provides a forum for students to share their experiences. Attendance is required for all sessions.