9 courses with the subject BIOM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
BIOM 5020Molecular Basis of Disease
BIOM 502 introduces students to basic mechanisms of disease and examines a different disease each week. The focus of the course will be on understanding the pathophysiology of the diseases and how research has enhanced not only our knowledge of disease mechanisms but has also led to improved therapy for patients with these diseases. This course is reserved for BGS students only. Prerequisite: Permission of course director.
BIOM 5100Case Studies in Translational Research (CSTR) (Open to MD/
PhD and VMD/PhD students only) This course is open to MD/PhD, VMD/PhD and Biomedical Graduate Studies PhD students. All second year combined degree students are expected to take this course unless excused by Dr. Brass. Enrollment is limited to 24 students but interested VMD/PhD and BGS students are welcome as space permits. Prerequisite: Must be in the MD/Phd or VMD/PhD program and have completes the first year of training. CSTR is a seminar style course where groups of students work with selected Penn faculty to prepare a discussion and literature review on disease topics. Topics will include gene therapy for hemophilia, retinal disease and wound healing, cytokine therapies for immune disorders, genetic sleep disturbances and vaccine delopment. Most of the course will focus on the analysis of successful translational research projects that are taking place here at Penn.
There are several goals for this course. One is to introduce students to basic, fundamental principles and emerging therapeutics concepts in key areas of immunology. A second goal is to challenge students to think about how these principles and concepts were shaped through experiments, as well as their implications, limits and caveats. A third goal is to hone the ability of students to think clearly and critically about testing of hypotheses via experimental design and data interpretation. The course aims to provide students with a foundation that will allow them to keep abreast of basic and translational immunology topics by appraisal of literature and seminars. These goals will be achieved through weekly faculty lectures and TA-led small group session.
BIOM 6000 is a beginning-to-intermediate-level graduate school course designed to introduce students to the molecular compenents and physiological mechanisms that underlie the structure and function of eukaryotic cells. The course emphasizes core cell biology concepts by describing both landmark experiments and methods as well as current scientific research questions and technical approaches. Lectures till focus on discoveries involving: (i) molectuler mechanisms of cellular communication; (ii) intracellular compartmentalization, protein/vesicle targeting, and organelle biogenesis; (iii) mechanisms of membrane transport and excitability; (iv) cytoskeletal architecture, cell adhesion, and cell motility; and (v) cell fate. The main goal of the course is to provide a strong foundational basis for the biomedical student's graduate education especially in the practice of solving research problems in the context of cell biology. The format and content of the course conveys to students not only how scientists what they know but also the tremendous excitement that has paralleled rapid advances in understanding cell structure, organization, and function in recent years. Permission of instructor required to enroll.
