Nobel Laureates in the Life Sciences

1 credits · Graduate School

This course is intended to give students a personal perspective on the careers of exceptional cell and developmental biology researchers. Each session will focus on Nobel Prize or Lasker Award winners in Physiology or Medicine that have impacted cell and developmental biology fields. A faculty member with training or interest ties to the researcher will present and lead a discussion on the research topic and the history of the researcher's career. In preparation for each session, the students will research the information at or linked to the award Web sites. For each session, the students will be given a key paper(s) of the winner (or the winner's acceptance speech, or biographical articles, etc. at the discretion of the faculty member). During the class-time interactions with the faculty member, the students will incorporate their perspectives on what they found interesting about the winner's history. In addition, before the joint student/faculty presentation, the designated students will give a journal club on one-two seminal papers by the Nobel winner. The rest of the class will turn in a one-page summary detailing one of the papers' importance and findings. Open to 1st year and 2nd year students. SPRING. [1] Chang.