Cell Physiology 2010
PBSB Program.
15 weeks X 3 hours per week
Location:
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
1300 York Avenue, LC 5th Floor Conference Room, LC-504
Fridays: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
1305 York Avenue, ICB 13th Floor Conference Room, Y.13.01
Course Director:
Crina Nimigean – (212) 746-5947, crn2002@med.cornell.edu
Course TA:
Romulo Hurtado (Junior), roh2002@med.cornell.edu
Course Objectives:
To familiarize first and second year students with common topics in cell physiology and to provide
exposure to research areas relevant to PBSB faculty.
The Friday sessions consist of presentation of a journal article selected by the faculty giving the
lectures that week. The presentations are given by students and moderated by the faculty/TA.
Course Textbooks:
Cellular Physiology by Mordecai P. Blaustein, Mordecai P. Blaustein, Donald R. Matteson,
Joseph P. Y. Kao
Recommended:
Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes by Bertil Hille
Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts, Julian Lewis, Alexander Johnson
General area
Cell membranes and biophysics
of the cell
Genes, proteins
Lecture topic
Lecturer
Date
Course introduction
Crina Nimigean
9/2
Cell membranes and phospholipids
Compartments, electrolytes, osmosis
Journal article presentation
Membrane potential and action potentials
Olaf Andersen
Olaf Andersen
Student
David Christini
9/7
9/9
9/10
9/14
(Attend Tri-Institutional Responsible Conduct of
Research course )
NO CLASS
9/16
Lucy Skrabanek
Scott Blanchard
9/17
9/21
Transcription
Translation
Quiz 1
Proteins in the cell
9/23
Journal article presentation
Protein structure/function and modification
Enzyme kinetics and energetics
Journal article presentation
Ion channels and transporters
Trimeric G-proteins and GPCRs
Journal article presentation
Kinases, phosphatases and other effectors
9/24
9/28
9/30
10/1
10/5
10/7
10/8
10/12
Student
Olga Boudker
Crina Nimigean
Student
Larry Palmer
Harel Weinstein
Student
Xin-Yun Huang
Quiz 2
Signaling in the cell
10/14
Journal article presentation
Transcription factors
Renin-Angiotensin signaling
Journal article presentation
Adrenergic signaling, PKA, PKC, cAMP
MAP kinase pathways
Journal article presentation
Student
Yutaka Nibu
Jacqueline Brazin
Student
Mark Rosenblatt
Gregoire Altan-Bonnet
Student
10/15
10/19
10/21
10/22
10/26
10/28
10/29
1
AJR – Revised 09/14/2010
Cell Physiology 2010
Ca2+ - a ubiquitous signaling molecule
Geoff Abbott
11/4
Quiz 3
Cells as complex systems
11/2
Journal article presentation
The neuron as a cell system
Neuronal communication
Journal article presentation
Student
Emre Aksay
Emre Aksay
Student
11/5
11/9
11/11
11/12
Neuroscience Meeting
NO CLASS
11/16
Neuronal plasticity
Jeremy Dittman
11/18
Quiz 4 (NOTE: In ICB 13th Floor Conference Room)
11/19
Thanksgiving Break
NO CLASSES
11/22-26
Retinal phototransduction and neural circuitry
Apoptosis and cell death
Journal article presentation
The cancer cell as a complex system
The cardiac myocyte as a complex system
Journal article presentation
Sheila Nirenberg
Hao Wu
Student
Zeynep Gumus
Cathy Hatcher
Student
11/30
12/2
12/3
12/7
12/9
12/10
12/14
Quiz 5
2
AJR – Revised 09/14/2010