Conjoint 538, Winter Quarter 2004, Weeks 1-6
Week 1

Genetic instability and cancer: the connections

  

January 6

Genetic instability and mismatch repair

Nancy Maizels

January 8

The biology of tumor cell populations —— SLIDES

Ray Monnat

Week 2
Repair pathways recognize specific lesions
 

January 13

Fixing what's broken: DNA single-strand and double-strand break repair —— SLIDES

Ray Monnat

January 15

Ur-defect: nucleotide excision repair and cancer —— SLIDES

Ray Monnat

Week 3
Programmed genetic instability
 

January 20

Dynamics of repair in the nucleus —— SLIDES

Nancy Maizels

January 22

Hypermutation: coopting base excision repair for targeted mutagenesis —— SLIDES

Nancy Maizels

Week 4
Detecting and responding to DNA damage
  
January 27
DNA damage response pathways and tumorigenesis —— SLIDES
Ray Monnat
January 29
Gene amplification in tumors: diagnostics and prognostics —— SLIDES
Nancy Maizels
Week 5
Minisymposia: Student Presentations
  
February 3
8:30-9:45, Minisymposium 1
  
February 5
8:30-9:45, Minisymposium 2
 
February 6

2:30- 3:45, Minisymposium 3

4:00- 5:30, Minisymposium 4

5:30- Happy Hour