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First Year Curriculum (Archived Courses)

Core Course Requirements

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

Essential Skills I

 		16:695:551 1 Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Experimental Methods in Molecular Biosciences

 		16:695:539 2 Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Essential Skills II

 		16:695:552 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024

Laboratory Rotations I

 		16:695:615 3 Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Ethical Scientific Conduct

 		16:115:556 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Fundamentals of Molecular Biosciences

 		16:695:538 6 Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Laboratory Rotations II

 		16:695:616 3 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024

Progress Reports of Graduate Students in Molecular Biosciences

 		16:695:600 0 Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023

MBS Mini Courses (695)

First-year MBS Ph.D. students select a total of 6 courses mini courses for the Spring semester (2 courses per block). Block 1 course codes are 621-625; Block 2 course codes are 626-630; Block 3 course codes are 631-636. MBS Ph.D. students in their second year and beyond, or CDB or MMG Master's students, register for the number of courses as needed.

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

Regeneration - All Cut Up To Be

16:695:626 B2 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2023, Spring 2022

Integrated Stress Response: A Paradigm for Translational Control

 		16:695:632 B3 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2023

Chromosome Chaos Unleashed: Exploring Aneuploidy's Role in Cancer and Disease Dynamics

 		16:695:634 B3 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2024

Archived Courses

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

How to Discover Your Own Drug

 		16:695:634 1 Spring 2021

SARS-CoV-2 and How it Affects Humans

 		16:695:632 1 Spring 2021

Peeking into the Brain

 		16:695:621 1 Spring 2023

Early Immune Defenses Against Viruses

 		16:695:630 1 Spring 2021

Yeast Genetics to the Nobel Prize

 		16:695:628 1 Spring 2021

Biological Clocks in Genetics, Physiology and Behavior

 		16:695:626 1 Spring 2021

Tumor Suppressor P53

 		16:695:621 1 Spring 2021

P53

 		16:695:636 1 Spring 2022

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

 		16:695:634 1 Spring 2022

Models of Human Cancer and Clinical Oncology

 		16:695:632 1 Spring 2022

Integrated Stress Response - A Paradigm for Translational Control

 		16:695:630 1 Spring 2022

Molecular Virology: Retroviruses and Lentiviruses

 		16:695:629 1 Spring 2022

Toll-Like Receptors in Health and Disease

 		16:695:624 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Cancer Cell Metabolism

 		16:695:623 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Application of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques

 		16:695:622 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Programmed Cell Death and Inflammation

 		16:695:636 1 Spring 2023

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

 		16:695:635 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Toll-Like Receptors in Health and Disease

 		16:695:634 1 Spring 2023

Nucleotide Excision Repair: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance

 		16:695:631 1 Spring 2023

P53

 		16:695:630 1 Spring 2023

Approaches in Gene Therapy

 		16:695:628 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022

Medical Mysteries

 		16:695:627 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Application of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques

 		16:695:625 1 Spring 2023

Genetics and Cell Biology of Fertilization

 		16:695:622 1 Spring 2023

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

 		16:695:623 1 Spring 2023

Peeking into the Brain

 		16:695:631 1 Spring 2021

Genome Origami

 		16:695:636 1 Spring 2024

Innate T cells: Development, Function and Disease Relevance

 		16:695:635 1 Spring 2024

Regeneration - All Cut Up to Be

 		16:695:632 1 Spring 2024

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

16:695:630 1 Spring 2024

Stem Cell Therapy

 		16:695:629 1 Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023

Integrated Stress Response - A Paradigm for Translational Control

 		16:695:627 1 Spring 2024

The AI-Driven Revolution in Protein Structural Biology

16:695:627 1 Spring 2024

Cancer Epigenetics

 		16:695:626 1 Spring 2024

Approaches in Gene Therapy

 		16:695:625 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2021

Models of Human Cancer

 		16:695:624 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2023

CRISPR Gene Editing and its Applications in Gene and Cell Therapy

 		16:695:622 1 Spring 2024

Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

 		16:695:621 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2022

Next Generation of Sequencing Techniques

16:695:621 1 Spring 2025

CRISPR Gene Editing and its Applications in Gene and Cell Therapy

16:695:622 1 Spring 2025

Genetics and Cell Biology of Fertilization

 		16:695:623 1 Spring 2025

Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases

 		16:695:624 1 Spring 2025

Peeking into the Brain

 		16:695:625 1 Spring 2025

Regeneration - All Cut Up To Be

 		16:695:627 1 Spring 2025

Ubiquitin/Proteasome System in Health and Disease

 		16:695:626 1 Spring 2025

Major Determinants of Human Life

 		16:695:628 1 Spring 2025

Stem Cell Therapy

 		16:695:631 1 Spring 2022

Circadian Rhythms in Health and Disease

16:695:630 1 Spring 2025

Metabolic Vulnerabilities: Liver Disease and Cancer

16:695:631 1 Spring 2025

Modulating Bioelectricity for the Treatment of Disease

 		16:695:632 1 Spring 2025

Cancer Cell Metabolism

 		16:695:634 1 Spring 2025

Sensory Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan

16:695:635 1 Spring 2025

Python for Research Bootcamp

 		16:695:636 1 Spring 2025