Class Schedule

This page last updated 12/23/08

The schedule on this page will be updated to reflect changes throughout the semester. 

 

Please note that the schedule is tentative and is subject to change.   Due dates for assignments may be changed at the instructor's discretion.  You are responsible for keeping track of due dates and turning in your work when it is required.

 

Date

Speaker and Title

Handouts/readings

Hosts

January 16

Introduction to course - no speaker

 

 

January 23

Group discussions of background for the first 4 speakers

 

 

January 30

Andrea McCollum, CDC
The development, spread, and genetic affects of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum

Research paper

 Kadiatu Jalloh, Ben Summer, Janese Marshal

February 6

Kim Jackson

Spellman

Licorice Constituent and Androgen Receptor Modulation in Prostate Cancer Therapy

 

Research paper

Jeffrey Harden, Quoc Tran 

February 13

Olivia Koues

Georgia State University, Ph.D. candidate

What Can't Brown Do for You?  A role for the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in regulating the immune response. 

Research paper

Raziya Charaniya, Denisse Iacobucci, Williams Azubike, Adrian Braithwaite 

February 20

Triscia Hendrickson

Morehouse

Cell motility:  microtubule Dyneins

Review article

 

Research paper 

Evonzia Guyton, Imadol Jeff-Eke, Rukayat Kasumu

February 27

Discussion of speakers

 

 

 

 

March 6

Marion Sewer

GA Tech

Regulation of Cortisol Biosynthesis

 

March 6, first paper on speakers is due.

Review article 1

Review article 2

Review article 3 

Amber Mack, Sarah Durry, Wesly Menard

  Friday, March 6 - LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY    
  MARCH 9-16 SPRING BREAK, NO CLASSES    

March 20

Dr. Gertrud Radu, CDC

Treatments for Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Research article

 Shekema Burton, Ayaba d'Almeida, Dang Ly, Thuy Le

March 27

Dr. Shelby Jones-Dozier

Georgia State University

Research article

Amber Bradberry, Lauren Ogilvie

April 3

Emma Delva,  Emory University

Mechanisms of Desmosome Disassembly in the Autoimmune Skin Disease Pemphigus Vulgaris

Research paper 1

Research paper 2

Sarah Thompson,  Matt Shelnut, Vijal Shah, Josph Holak

April 10

Discussion

 

 

April 17

Practice student presentations

 

April 17, second paper on speakers is due.

 

 

April 24

Biology 4222 research presentations