Teaching
Office Hours
- Tuesday and Thursdays 12:00 -1:00 (SH 3402)
Education Links
- Scientific Learning and Instructional Support
- NIH Predoctoral Training
- Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
- NSF Graduate Fellowships
Biology 435-635. Fundamental Neuroscience
Text
- Fundamental Neuroscience, 4th Ed., Squire et al. 9780123858702
Objectives
- Define principles of neurophysiology with emphasis on nervous system evolution, development, molecular physiology, and cellular organization leading to perception and cognition.
- Develop oral and written scientific communication skills including development of scientific literacy.
Outline
- Evolution and Basic Plan of the Human Nervous System
- Neural Induction and Pattern Formation
- Cellular Determination
- Neurogenesis and Migration
- Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
- Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System
- Membrane Potential and Neurotransmitters
- Neurotransmitter Release and Receptors
- Complex Information Processing in Dendrites
- Sensory Perception
- Learning, Memory and Consciousness
Biology-Computer Science 464-768. Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems
Text:
- An Introduction to Systems Biology, Biological Circuits., Alon. 1584886420
Objectives
- Model important biological networks occurring in cells, including transcription networks, developmental networks, signal transduction networks, and neuronal networks.
- Recognize, model, and describe the functions of autoregulation, feedback and feed-forward mechanisms, and other important network motifs.
- Use differential equations to model biological networks.
- Simulate biological networks using standard simulation packages.
- Use model checking to understand properties of biological networks.
Outline
- Transcription Networks
- Autoregulation
- Feedback and Feed-Forward Loops
- Developmental networks
- Neuronal Networks
- Robustness
- Chemotaxis
- Kinetic Proofreading
- Simplicity in Biology
Biology 166-167. Principles of Biology: Cells and Genes
Text
- Campbell Biology, 9th Ed., Urry et al., 0321558235
Objectives
- Define principles of biology governing the unity and diversity of living organisms, with emphasis on molecular, subcellular, and cellular levels of organization in plants and animals.
- Define genetic mechnaisms of evolution and diversity.
- Perform laboratory experimental procedures illustrating basic concepts of cell and molecular biology.
Outline
- Basic chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Cells and organelles
- Cell functions
- Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
- Mitosis and meiosis
- Genetic Inheritance
- Molecular genetics
- Gene expression
- Molecular technology
- Evolution
- Speciation