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Molecular Oncology -- BIOC N5100

Spring 2009, Mondays,  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Room B556, Medical Science Bldg.
Instructor: Michael A. Lea, Ph.D.
Telephone: 973-972-5345, Fax: 973-972-5594
e-mail lea@umdnj.edu,        Office: Room E649

DATE                         TOPIC_________________________

Jan 12                        Introduction
Jan 19                        Martin Luther King Day - No Class
Jan 26                        Chemical Carcinogenesis I
Feb 2                          Chemical Carcinogenesis II
Feb 9                          Radiation and Viral Carcinogenesis
Feb 16                        Diet and Cancer
Feb 23                        Intermediary Metabolism
March 2                      Cell Membranes and Metastasis

March 9                      Examination 1

March 16                    Oncogenes
March 23                    No Class - American Chemical Society Spring Meeting
March 30                    Tumor Suppressor Genes
April 6                        Growth and Cell Cycle Regulation
April 13                      Tumor-Host Relationship
April 20                      No Class - American Association for Cancer Research, Annual Meeting
April 27                      No Class - Association of Biochemistry Course Directors Meeting      
May 4                         Cancer Chemotherapy I
May 11                       Cancer Chemotherapy II
May 18                       Cancer Prevention
May 25                       Memorial Day - No Class

June 1                         Examination II                    

Each exam will contribute 50% to the total grade.

Recommended text: R.A. Weinberg, The Biology of Cancer, Garland Science, New York, NY (2007).