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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

BIOMG 1150

Knowledge of the principles of genetics will be acquired through active discussion of human examples. Topics include transmission of genes and chromosomes, sex determination, and chromosomal abnormalities. ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 15714 BIOMG 1150   LEC 001

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BIOMG 1350

The course introduces molecular mechanisms that underlie the organization, division, and growth of individual cells; how they organize during embryonic development to form functional tissues and organs ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4109 BIOMG 1350   LEC 001

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    Biological science majors must take this course for a letter grade. Questions about the course write to biomg1350@cornell.edu.

  •  4156 BIOMG 1350   DIS 201

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BIOMG 2800

General introduction to the fundamental principles of genetics in eukaryotes and bacteria. Topics include gene transmission, linkage, recombination, structure, mutations, and manipulation, as well as analysis ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1124 BIOMG 2800   LEC 001

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    Problem Solving Sessions are strongly recommended: Tuesday or Wednesday 8:30 - 10:00 AM. (3rd Session by arrangement with instructor).

BIOMG 2801

General introduction to laboratory experimental genetics in eukaryotes and bacteria.  Topics include gene transmission, linkage, recombination, structure, mutations, and manipulation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4903 BIOMG 2801   LAB 401

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    • Goldberg, M

      Nero, D

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    Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMG 2800; BIOG 1500 strongly recommended as pre-requisite. Not open to freshman, fall semester. Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade. Course has an evening prelim.Course may not be added after the 1st week of class.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4904 BIOMG 2801   LAB 402

    • W
    • Goldberg, M

      Nero, D

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    Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMG 2800; BIOG 1500 strongly recommended as pre-requisite. Not open to freshman, fall semester. Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade. Course has an evening prelim.Course may not be added after the 1st week of class.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4905 BIOMG 2801   LAB 403

    • R
    • Goldberg, M

      Nero, D

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    Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMG 2800; BIOG 1500 strongly recommended as pre-requisite. Not open to freshman, fall semester. Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade. Course has an evening prelim.Course may not be added after the 1st week of class.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4906 BIOMG 2801   LAB 404

    • F
    • Goldberg, M

      Nero, D

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    Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMG 2800; BIOG 1500 strongly recommended as pre-requisite. Not open to freshman, fall semester. Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade. Course has an evening prelim.Course may not be added after the 1st week of class.

BIOMG 3300

Fourteen units that cover protein structure and function, enzymes, basic metabolic pathways, DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, and an introduction to recombinant DNA techniques. No formal lectures, auto-tutorial ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1134 BIOMG 3300   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: one majors-level biology course and one year general chemistry and any of the following organic chemistry courses: CHEM 1570, or CHEM 3530, or CHEM 3570, or CHEM 3590, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Recommended corequisite: BIOMG 3340.Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade. Organizational meeting: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 4:30-5:30 P.M., BKL 200. Attendance is required.

BIOMG 3310

The chemical reactions important to biology, and the enzymes that catalyze these reactions, are discussed in an integrated format. Topics include protein folding, enzyme catalysis, bioenergetics, and key ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1294 BIOMG 3310   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: one majors-level biology course and one year general chemistry, and CHEM 1570, or CHEM 3530, or CHEM 3570, or CHEM 3590, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. The organic chem pre-requisite should be completed before taking BIOMG 3310. An optional discussion section is held on most Fridays from 2:55-3:45pm focusing on issues such as application to medical school or graduate school, and undergraduate research..Evening Prelim. View Prelim Schedule: http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Sched/exams.html.

BIOMG 3340

Visualization of complex biomolecules using computer graphics techniques. Group presentations on current topics in molecular biology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  1135 BIOMG 3340   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3330 , BIOMG 3350 , BIOMG 3310 /BIOMG 3320 (BIOMG 3320 may be taken concurrently), or corequisite: BIOMG 3300.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  1136 BIOMG 3340   LEC 002

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3330 , BIOMG 3350 , BIOMG 3310 /BIOMG 3320 (BIOMG 3320 may be taken concurrently), or corequisite: BIOMG 3300.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  1137 BIOMG 3340   LEC 003

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3330 , BIOMG 3350 , BIOMG 3310 /BIOMG 3320 (BIOMG 3320 may be taken concurrently), or corequisite: BIOMG 3300.

BIOMG 3850

Introduction to the morphogenetic, molecular and cellular, and genetic aspects of the developmental biology of animals. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1125 BIOMG 3850   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 or permission of instructor.

BIOMG 4000

Introduction to principles underlying the organization of genomes and the methods of studying them, emphasizing genome-wide approaches to research. Covers the application of genomics methodologies for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1316 BIOMG 4000   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses and BIOMG 2800 or BIOMG 3300, or 3330, or 3350, or 3310/3320, or permission of instructor.

BIOMG 4310

Overview of current research in biophysics at Cornell by faculty from different departments across the university. Designed for undergraduates considering a career in biophysics and for graduate students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1569 BIOMG 4310   LEC 001

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BIOMG 4350

Selected papers from the literature on a given topic are evaluated critically during 12 one hour meetings. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1138 BIOMG 4350   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Wilson, D

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3300, or 3330, or 3350, or 3310/3320, or written permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: upper-classmen. Organizational meeting, first Tuesday of the semester, 4:30P 458 Biotech.

BIOMG 4370

Covers a wide spectrum of issues related to cell proliferation in eukaryotes. Lectures include various aspects of the regulation of cell division cycle and signal transduction pathways, with additional ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMG 4370TOX 4370

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4029 BIOMG 4370   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses and BIOMG 3300, or 3330, or 3350, or 3310/3320. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 and 4320.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMG 4370TOX 4370

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4188 BIOMG 4370   LEC 002

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    Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses and BIOMG 3300, or 3330, or 3350, or 3310/3320. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 and 4320.

  •  4030 BIOMG 4370   DIS 201

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BIOMG 4400

Experiments related to molecular biology (includes PCR, DNA cloning, hybridization analysis, restriction mapping, and DNA sequence analysis), protein purification and analysis (salt fractionation, ion ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1358 BIOMG 4400   LAB 401

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3300, or BIOMG 3330, or BIOMG 3350, or BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320 (at least one of BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320 completed but one may be taken concurrently). Priority given to undergraduate biology majors in Biochemistry or Molecular and Cell Biology programs of study and to graduate students with a minor in field of biochemistry. Graduate students must enroll by permission only. Limited enrollment. Please email instructor to be placed on wait-list.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1359 BIOMG 4400   LAB 402

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3300, or BIOMG 3330, or BIOMG 3350, or BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320 (at least one of BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320 completed but one may be taken concurrently). Priority given to undergraduate biology majors in Biochemistry or Molecular and Cell Biology programs of study and to graduate students with a minor in field of biochemistry. Graduate students must enroll by permission only. Limited enrollment. Please email instructor to be placed on wait-list.

BIOMG 4810

Population genetics is the study of the transmission of genetic variation through time and space. This course explores how to quantify this variation, what the distribution of variation tells us about ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1126 BIOMG 4810   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800, BIOEE 1780, or equivalents.

  •  1127 BIOMG 4810   DIS 201

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BIOMG 4831

Introductory module that provides a broad overview of molecular biology concepts relevant to the plant sciences. Serves as a prerequisite to other modules in the BIOPL 483X (fall) and BIOPL 482X (spring) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOPL 4831PLBR 4831PLPA 4831

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3578 BIOMG 4831   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 and BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3320, or equivalents. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 3310.

BIOMG 4870

Applies fundamental concepts of transmission, population, and molecular genetics to the problem of determining the degree to which familial clustering of diseases in humans has a genetic basis. Emphasizes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1129 BIOMG 4870   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800.

BIOMG 4980

Designed to give qualified undergraduate students teaching experience through actual involvement in planning and assisting in biology courses. This experience may include supervised participation in a ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3494 BIOMG 4980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

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    Prerequisite: previous enrollment in course to be taught or equivalent. Arts students may not count this course toward graduation but may, upon petition (one time only) to their class dean, carry fewer than 12 other credits and remain in good standing. This would affect Dean's List eligibility but not eligibility for graduating with distinction. S-U or letter grades by permission of the instructor. Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

BIOMG 6310

Presentations on the basic principles of protein structure, dynamics, and function. Specific topics include protein stability, dynamics, evolution, molecular recognition, basic enzyme kinetics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1141 BIOMG 6310   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3300, or BIOMG 3330, or BIOMG 3350, or BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320 and organic chemistry. Recommended prerequisite: physical chemistry course.

BIOMG 6330

Synthesis of DNA, RNA, and proteins, and regulation of gene expression. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  1143 BIOMG 6330   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 3300, or BIOMG 3330, or BIOMG 3350, or BIOMG 3310/BIOMG 3320. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 2800.

BIOMG 6410

Includes selected experiments on gene expression, biolistic transformation, confocal microscopy, laser capture microdissection, microarray analysis, genetic mapping and mutant analysis, transposon tagging, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOPL 6410

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4949 BIOMG 6410   LAB 401

    • TBA Emerson Hall G34
    • Bogdanove, A

      Cilia, M

      Hanson, M

      Jander, G

      Nixon, K

      Pawlowski, W

      Rose, J

      Van Eck, J

      Van Wijk, K

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    Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 or equivalent, BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3330 or BIOMG 3350 or BIOMG 3310 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

BIOMG 7800

No description available. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: Grant Proposal Writing

  •  1130 BIOMG 7800   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Butcher, J

      Kemphues, K

      Stern, D

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    Organization meeting TBA. Enrollment limited to: 1st year graduate students in the Field of Genetics. This class will be team-taught by multiple field faculty members.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: BMCB/GGD Symposium Workshops

  • 18389 BIOMG 7800   LEC 002

    • T
    • Oct 14, 2014
    • Liu, J

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    Enrollment limited to: graduate students in the Field of Genetics. This mini-course comprises the BMCB/GGD Symposium Workshops. To get credit for one mini-course, students must attend all three workshops and write a summary of the content of each workshop.

BIOMG 7810

Introduction to the research literature in selected areas through weekly problem sets and discussions. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  1131 BIOMG 7810   DIS 201

    • T
    • Pawlowski, W

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    Enrollment limited to: first year graduate students in the field of Genetics & Development.

BIOMG 7860

Each graduate student presents one seminar per year based on his or her thesis research. The student then meets with the thesis committee members for an evaluation of the presentation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1132 BIOMG 7860   SEM 101

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    Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Genetics & Development.

BIOMG 7870

Seminars in current research in genetics and developmental biology conducted by distinguished visitors and staff. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1133 BIOMG 7870   SEM 101

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    Enrollment limited to: students in Genetics & Development.

BIOMG 7940

Lectures and seminars on specialized topics. Topics for fall and spring to be announced in the course and time roster published at the beginning of each semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5-1 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: NSF Grant Proposal Writing

  •  4685 BIOMG 7940   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Collins, R

      Mao, Y

      Smolka, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Organization meeting TBA. Enrollment is limited to 1st year graduate students in the Field of Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology. This class will be team-taught by multiple field faculty members.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5-1 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: Genome Editing

  •  4766 BIOMG 7940   LEC 002

    • TBA
    • Kemphues, K

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to students in the graduate field of BMCB. This class will be offered as three two-hour sessions during the second half of Fall 2014. Class timing will be discussed at an organizational meeting.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5-1 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: Practical Structural Biology

  •  5066 BIOMG 7940   LEC 003

    • TBA
    • Sondermann, H

  • Instruction Mode:
    Organization meeting TBA. Enrollment is limited to graduate students in the Field of Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology. Time and days TBA.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: BMCB/GGD Symposium Workshops

  • 18388 BIOMG 7940   LEC 004

    • T
    • Oct 14, 2014
    • Brown, W

      Emr, S

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment is limited to graduate students in the Field of Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology. This mini-course comprises the BMCB/GGD Symposium Workshops. To get credit for one mini-course, students must attend all three workshops and write a summary of the content of each workshop.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5-1 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • Topic: PLSF Seminar

  • 18429 BIOMG 7940   LEC 005

    • R
    • Oct 2 - Dec 5, 2014
    • Barbash, D

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BIOMG 8300

Lectures on current research in biochemistry, presented by distinguished visitors and staff members. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1147 BIOMG 8300   SEM 101

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    Enrollment limited to: students in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology(BMCB)

BIOMG 8310

The first half of this course comprises an intensive laboratory covering fundamental aspects of modern molecular biology and cell biology. The second half comprises research in the laboratory of a professor ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1148 BIOMG 8310   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Grimson, A

      Pleiss, J

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    Students must register for both labs. Enrollment only open to 1st year BMCB students. Organizational meeting: first Friday of the semester.

BIOMG 8330

Each student presents one seminar per year on his or her thesis research and then meets with instructors and thesis committee members for evaluation. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1149 BIOMG 8330   SEM 101

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BIOMG 8370

Introduction to the research literature in selected areas through weekly problem sets and discussion. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  3975 BIOMG 8370   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: first semester Ph.D. students in the Graduate Field of BMCB.