Cancer Biology Syllabus Bio 425
Spring 2014, MR 702
Tuesdays 11:00am – 2:00pm
Dr. Karen Hubbard
Office Phone: (212) 650-8566
Office: MR 631
khubbard@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Textbook: Robert A Weinberg “ The Biology of Cancer”, Second Edition
DATE
Jan 28
CHAPTER
1, 2, 8, 10,
11
TOPIC
Introduction – Course Overview
Cell Cycle Control, Cell Senescence
SPEAKER
Dr. Karen Hubbard
Feb 4
6, 8, 10, 11
Dr. Mark Steinberg
Feb 11
Feb 18
Feb 25
Mar 4
Mar 11
Mar 18
Mar 25
Apr 1
Apr 8
4, 5, 7
10
13, 14
Arsenate and Solar Radiation Induced
Cancer
Disease Genes
DNA Damage and Telomeres
Exam 1
Chromosomal Instability
Viruses
Epigenetics and Cancer
Apoptosis
Exam 2
Tumor Biology and Metastasis
Apr 14-22
Apr 29
13, 14
Spring Break
Tumor Microenvironment
Dr. Johanna Joyce
May 6
15
Antigen and T cell immunotherapy
Dr. Ming Li
May 13
TBA
16
Cancer therapeutics
Final Exam 3
Dr. Anita Kumar
Dr. Karen Hubbard
12
3
11
9
Dr. Benedikt Bosbach
Dr. Neal Lue
Dr. Karen Hubbard
Dr. Shaun Peterson
Dr. Paul Gottlieb
Dr. Shireen Saleque
Dr. Adriana H. Friedman
Dr. Karen Hubbard
Dr. Bingmei Fu
The final grade consists of 10 quizzes (25%) and three exams (75%). Exam material from quizzes will be
taken from the textbook and will be done online using Blackboard. You will be able to immediately see
your quiz grade following the taking the quiz.
Academic Integrity
The CUNY Policy on plagiarism says the following about plagiarism (the CUNY Policy can be found in
Appendix B.3 of the CCNY Undergraduate Bulletin 2007 -2009):
“Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s ideas, research or writings as your own. The
following are some examples of plagiarism, but by no means is it an exhaustive list:
1. Copying another person’s actual words without the use of quotation marks and footnotes
attributing the words to their source.
2. Presenting another person’s ideas or theories in your own words without acknowledging the
source.
3. Using information that is not common knowledge without acknowledging the source.
4. Failing to acknowledge collaborators on homework and laboratory assignments.
5. Internet plagiarism includes submitting downloaded term papers or parts of term papers,
paraphrasing or copying information from the internet without citing the source, and “cutting and
pasting” from various sources without proper attribution.
The City College Faculty Senate has approved a procedure for addressing violations of academic integrity,
which can also be found in Appendix B.3 of the CCNY Undergraduate Bulletin.”
Be aware that if we suspect plagiarism we will follow this procedure, no exceptions made; i.e. we will
report you to the Academic Integrity Official. Disciplinary sanctions range from failing the class to
expulsion from the college