About this course

Course title: Cancer biology core class for Bridge postbac scholars

Instructor: Alvaro D. Quintanal Villalonga, PhD; quintaa1@mskcc.org

Grading policy: This class is a not for grade class, but scholars will be evaluated with a grade to get a sense of how they performed in this class

Duration: 5 in-person sessions plus 3 recorded lectures

Audience: 17 Bridge postbac scholars


Course topics and learning objectives

The Cancer Biology course will teach scholars how to think about cancer as a disease and as a biological problem. This course leverages the world-class research and clinical expertise at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). This course will feature five in-person sessions as well as several recorded lectures that Bridge scholars are required to view on their own time and ahead of the first lecture.

This course will:

  • Provide a review of advanced concepts in cancer biology
  • Expose scholars to techniques and experimental design applied to basic-translational cancer research
  • Potentiate the ability to perform critic analysis of basic-translational research
  • Strengthen capacities to develop a research project

Scientific concepts covered in the recorded lectures will include:

  • Cancer as a disease
  • Cancer signaling
  • Cancer metabolism
  • Metastasis

Dates

Start date: 07/19/23

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