College of Graduate Studies
Cell Regulation
Steven A. Rosenzweig, Ph.D. - Division Director
Cell regulation encompasses all the functions cells carry out to maintain homeostasis, in particular their responses to extracellular signals (hormones, neurotransmitters, etc.) and how they produce an intracellular response. In addition to these endogenous agents, many drugs and environmental agents use these same mechanisms to produce their most important effects. Numerous research opportunities exist within this program ranging from studies exploring new cell signaling mechanisms, to those examining basic the aberrant signaling mechanisms associated with disease states. Significantly, many of the recent breakthroughs in drug development stem from basic studies on signaling molecules.
The Cell Regulation program is comprised of over 30 faculty members whose research interests and expertise is related to cell regulation. In addition to a track-specific Cell Regulation Journal Club, advanced courses in Cell Signaling are available to students who select this track as their major emphasis.
Cell Regulation Course Descriptions
MCBP-725D Topics in Cancer Research
Two presentation formats will be used for the course. Initially, a faculty member will introduce and direct all students in the discussion of selected literature concerning a single topic. Subsequent topics will be presented by individual students in Journal Club style. Students will present selected papers 2 times during the course and will be active discussants when other students are presenting.
Topics to be covered include:
| Tumor Suppressor Genes Genomic Instability Metastasis ECM and Tumor Invasion Cell Adhesion Signal Transduction Telomerase | Mismatch Repair Apoptosis Angiogenesis Immune Evasion and Tumor Immunology Transforming Growth Factor Beta Drug Resistance Transgenic and Knockout Analysis |
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 3 (Pass/Fail)
Rosenzweig and Watson
MBIM-782 Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 3
Tomlinson and Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli
MCBP-742 Advanced topics in Cell Signaling
The vast majority of human diseases involve defects in cellular communication and therapeutic intervention often targets molecules involved in cell signaling. This course will dissect signaling cascades and their alterations in disease states addressing cutting edge issues. The course will be offered each Fall with emphasis on cell signaling defects/mutations which may lead to cancer. Course participants will be expected to review the current literature to understand how signaling events are affected and how signaling dysfunction contributes to the onset or progression of the disease and how signaling events might be targeted in a therapeutic attack on the disease. Guest faculty will be invited to describe their research on cell signalling. Oral presentations by course participants will be required. The course is intended for advanced graduate and postgraduate students.
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
Kurtz
Cell Regulation Faculty
John E. Baatz, Ph.D. Craig Beeson, Ph.D. Narayan R. Bhat, Ph.D. Maria G. Buse, M.D. Stephen Ethier, Ph.D. Weiman Fan, M.D., M.P.H. Monika Gooz, M.D., Ph.D. Philip Howe, Ph.D. Jennifer Isaacs, Ph.D.
| Masahiro Kono, Ph.D. Yiannis Koutalos Steven W. Kubalak, Ph.D. Chandrakala Puligilla, Ph.D. Professor Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Cell and Molecular Mechanisms of action Dennis K. Watson, Ph.D. Professor Laboratory of Cancer Genomics Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation Xuejun Wen, M.D., Ph.D. |