Following is a list of tentative courses for the fall and spring semesters at City of Hope's Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences.
Fall 2009 Courses
Core course three semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for five weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: David Horne, Ph.D. Textbook: Voet and Voet: Biochemistry
Core course three semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for five weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: Susan Kane, Ph.D. Textbook: Alberts: Molecular Biology of the Cell
Core course two semester hours (first year students), five lectures (7.5 hours) per week for three weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Miller Conference Room. Coordinator: William Bennett, M.D. Textbook: Alberts: Molecular Biology of the Cell
Small projects designed to expose students to the laboratory’s research. 10 semester hours (first year students). Each lab rotation lasts for 10 to 12 weeks. Coordinator: Steve Novak, Ph.D.
Two semester hours. This class consists of seminars by prominent scientists invited by the graduate students. All students must attend a discussion group as well as the seminar. Coordinator: Steve Novak, Ph.D.
Core course two semester hours (advanced students), one lecture (2.5 hours) per week for twelve weeks. Tuesday, 9 to 11:30 a.m., Fox North Second Conference Room. Coordinator: Ren-Jang Lin, Ph.D.
Core course two semester hours (advanced students), one lecture (2.5 hours) per week for fifteen weeks. Monday, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Kaplan Clinical Research Building. Coordinator: Shiuan Chen, Ph.D.
Core course two semester hours (advanced students), one lecture (2 hours) per week for twelve weeks. Thursday, 3 to 5:00 p.m., Library Conference Room. Coordinator: Zuoming Sun, Ph.D.
10 semester hours (all students after first year)
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Jack Shively, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinators: R-J Lin, Ph.D., and John Rossi, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Yuan Chen, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Chih-Pin Liu, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Adam Bailis, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Judy Singer-Sam, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Michael Barish, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Spring 2010 Courses
Core Course three semester hours, five lectures per week for 12 weeks. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Beckman Center Classroom. Coordinator: David Ann, Ph.D. and Nagarajan Vaidehi, Ph.D.
Core course three semester hours. Two lectures (three hours) per week for 12 weeks. Tuesday and Thursday, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Beckman Center Classroom Coordinators: Jeff Longmate, Ph.D. and Yate-Ching Yuan, Ph.D.
Core course three semester hours, once a week for eight weeks, Beckman Center Classroom
Coordinator: Timothy O’Connor, Ph.D. and Markus Kalkum, Ph.D.
Small projects designed to expose the student to the research in the laboratory. 10 semester hours (first year students). Each lab rotation lasts for 10 to 12 weeks. Coordinator: Steve Novak, Ph.D.
10 semester hours (all students after first year)
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Jack Shively, Ph.D. Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinators: R-J Lin, Ph.D., and John Rossi, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Yuan Chen, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Chih-Pin Liu, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Adam Bailis, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Judy Singer-Sam, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Two semester hours. Coordinator: Michael Barish, Ph.D.
Participants must attend all seminars and make one presentation.
Laboratory Education
Intensive specialized laboratory education constitutes the foundation of the Ph.D. degree program. The goal is to develop a professionally trained scientist, prepared for a career in academic, medical or industrial research.
After successfully completing the core curriculum, comprehensive examination and research proposal, students will concentrate the majority of their time on their individual dissertation laboratory research project under the guidance and tutelage of their faculty advisor/research director, and continue to participate in journal clubs, as well as attend seminars.
