Courses and Journal Clubs
Students and post-doctoral fellows in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology are strongly encouraged to attend journal clubs that overlap their areas of interest. Some of these are also offered for course credit.
BioMed 507 - ADVANCED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
As part of the first year core curriculm for graduate students in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP), BioMed 507 is designed to help students make the transition from undergraduate courses, which are primarily taught from textbooks, to graduate study, which is primarily focused on primary literature and seminars. The course is organized by Dr. Scott Ness.
More information is available on the BioMed 507 Web Page
BioMed 514 - IMMUNOLOGY
This is a comprehensive immunology course covering the organs, tissues, cells, molecules and genes that make up the innate and adaptive immune systems. Didactic lectures by the faculty and problem-based discussion sessions will introduce students to the fundamentals of modern immunology with emphasis on experimental discoveries from the primary literature.
More information is available on the BioMed 514 Web Page
HOST/PATHOGEN JOURNAL CLUB BIOMED 625 (section 2)
The goal of this course is to expose students to the most current topics involving host defense against infectious diseases and the pathogenesis of specific infectious diseases. Topics are covered by presentation of current journal articles with discussion by students and faculty. Topics to be covered include: defensins and other antibiotic peptides, Toll receptors, complement, phagocytes, chemokines, vaccine strategies, Th1 and Th2 cytokine respones, cell biology of pathogen invasion, and the pathogenesis of specific viral and bacterial infections.
For more information, contact: Hattie Gresham, Dept of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 272-5764; or hgresham@salud.unm.edu
MOLECULAR VIROLOGY BIOMED 616
This course is taught in the spring semester of odd numbered years.
For further information, contact: Michelle Ozbun, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Tel: 272-4950 or mozbun@salud.unm.edu