186.805.01
Molecular Mechanisms & Pathophysiology Journal Club & Seminar

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Shyam Biswal
Course Instructor(s)
Steven An
Contact Name
Steven An
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Provides an opportunity for students and postdoctoral fellows to present scientific papers from the current literature dealing with mechanisms underlying environmental diseases and the methodologies used to study them. Papers are organized around specific themes selected by the course instructors.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Read and critically evaluate scientific papers
  2. Identify criteria for determining the quality of scientific papers
  3. Analyze the methodologies used in each paper presented
  4. Assess new methodological approaches in the area of biochemistry, physiology, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, genomics, and epigenetics
  5. Analyze pathophysiologic pathways of environmental diseases at the molecular, cellular, tissue, animal model, and human levels
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
yes, for students not in EHS
Consent Contact
san@jhu.edu
Special Comments

Held in departmental space