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