SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION COURSE 2009 - Institute of Molecular ...

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB)SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION COURSE 2009The Signal Transduction course will commence from Monday 6 th April till Friday 5 thJune 2009.• All lectures will be held in the Matrix Building at Biopolis, Exploration Theatrette, Level 4.• Free shuttle service will be available from Buona Vista MRT to Biopolis.Schedule is as follow:(1) Two lectures per weekMondays, Wednesdays & Friday (only 22 nd May): 9am to 11am(2) Two ‘closed book’ exams (45 % each)(a)(b)The first exam will be on Friday 8 th May 2009 from 9am to 12noonat Exploration Theatrette, Level 4The second exam will be on Friday 5 th June 2009 from 9am to 12 noonat Exploration Theatrette, Level 4(3) Assignment (10%)Topics will be assigned during the first week of course commencement, only 10 – 15minpresentation is required(4) ‘Handouts’ will be available on the web page (http://www.imcb.astar.edu.sg/php/courses.php)(5) Results will be announced after the completion of the course. For non-IMCB students,results will be posted to the respective Head of Departments.(6) This Syllabus is tentative and will be updated on the web page accordingly.Course Co-ordinator: A/Prof Graeme Guy, IMCB (mcbgg@imcb.a-star.edu.sg)Tel: 6586-9614For admin enquiry, please contact:Regine Zhang, IMCB (lqzhang@imcb.a-star.edu.sg) Tel: 6586-9754Fax: 6779-11171

COURSE SCHEDULEDate Topic Lecturer6 th Apr (Mon) Introduction and Ras/MAP kinase pathway Graeme Guy8 th Apr (Wed) Tyrosine Kinases Yoon Pin Lim13 th Apr (Mon) Tyrosine phosphatases Kah Leong Lim15 th Apr (Wed) Heterotrimeric G-protein receptors Jan Buschdorf20 th Apr (Mon) Small G Proteins Ed Manser22 nd Apr (Wed) Small G Proteins Tom Leung27 th Apr (Mon) Lipids in signaling Markus Wenk29 th Apr (Wed) Jak/Stat Signaling Xin Min Cao4 th May (Mon) NK-kB signaling Vinay Tergaonakar6 th May (Wed) Assignment presentations8 th May (Fri) EXAMINATION11 th May (Mon) Serine/threonine kinases Graeme Guy13 th May (Wed) Serine/threonine phosphatases Permeen Yusoff18 th May (Mon) Hedgehog Signaling Philip Ingham20 th May (Wed) Integrins in signaling Ed Manser22 nd May (Fri) Apoptosis Victor Yu25 th May (Mon) Tight junctions and signaling Walter Hunziker27 th May (Wed) Wnt Signaling in signaling David Virshup1 st Jun (Mon) Ubiquitination in downregulation Kah Leong Lim3 rd Jun (Wed) Assignment presentations5 th Jun (Fri) EXAMINATIONPlease note that the topics and dates are subject to change depending onavailability of lecturers2