2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

260 Texas A&MHealth Science Center681. Seminar. Credit 1. Focus will be on critical scientific thinking. Emphasis placed on oral communications,scientific writing and grant preparation. Prerequisite: Graduate student in medicine. Approval ofinstructor.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 6 each semester. Limited investigation in fields other than those chosenfor thesis or dissertation. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.689. Special Topics In.... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of biochemistry and genetics.May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor.Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesismedicine.tamhsc.edu/basic-sciences/mmp(MMPA)601. Microbial Pathogenesis of Human Disease. (3-0). Credit 3. Principles of microbe-host interactionsat the molecular level. Selected medically important infectious diseases serve as paradigms forunderstanding how multiple pathogenic mechanisms contribute to disease. Prerequisite: Permission ofinstructor.602. Immunoregulation. (3-0). Credit 3. In-depth exploration of the genetic, cellular and molecularmechanisms by which humoral and cellular immune responses are regulated; regulatoryT cell circuits,molecules (interleukins, lymphokines), hormonal effects, immunoregulatory defects, experimental manipulationof immunoregulatory networks. Prerequisites: VTMI 649 or BIOL 610 and approval of instructor.607. Applied Epidemiology. (3-3). Credit 4. Application of epidemiologic concepts to the study of diseaseoccurrence; descriptive epidemiologic methods in the study of diseases. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.Cross-listed with VAPH 607.663. Molecular Biology of Animal Viruses. (3-0). Credit 3. In-depth studies of the biochemistry andreplication strategies of animal viruses and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis for selected viralsystems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in virology, molecular biology, biochemistry or approvalof the instructor. Cross-listed with VTMI 663.665. Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy. (3-0). Credit 3. This course will describe various viral vectorsystems, their development, and their use as research tools in biotechnology and in gene therapy. Thecourse will consist of a mixture of short lectures and discussion of papers from the literature. Prerequisite:MMPA/VTMI 633, VTMI 647, PLPA 616, PLPA 620 or approval of the instructor. Cross-listedwith VTMI 665 and PLPA 665.681. Seminar. Credit 1. Focus will be on critical scientific thinking. Emphasis placed on oral communications,scientific writing and grant preparation. Prerequisite: Graduate student in medicine. Approval ofinstructor.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 6 each semester. Limited investigation in fields other than those chosenfor thesis or dissertation. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.689. Special Topics In.... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of Microbial and MolecularPathogenesis. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor.Department of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine(SBTM)601. Experimental Techniques in Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology I. (2-4). Credit 4. Thiscourse is designed as a hands-on laboratory course to introduce the beginning graduate student to avariety of cellular, biochemical molecular biological, and imaging techniques utilized in biomedicalresearch. Information is relayed through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience with thetechniques discussed. The objective of this course is to help the student gain some laboratory experienceand, at the same time, become familiar with basic protocols for biomedical techniques utilized inbiological research. Prerequisite: Graduate classification and approval of course coordinator.608. Bone Biology. (2-0). Credit 2. Introduction to the discipline of bone; discussion includes all aspects ofbone biology. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in SBTM or medical sciences, or approval of instructor.