MCB135G
Biology of Human Cancer
Fall 2006

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https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal

Lectures

Tuesday and Thursday 2 to 3.30 pm, Barker 101

Schedule

Wk	Date	Lec	Lecturer	Topic	Textbook Chapter
1	Tue Aug 29	1	IKH	Introduction to cancer	2
	Thu Aug 31	2	IKH	Cell biology of cancer	2
2	Tue Sep 5	3	GSM	Experimental approaches to cancer	1, 2
	Thu Sep 7	4	GSM	DNA tumor viruses	3
3	Tue Sep 12	5	GSM	RNA tumor viruses	3
	Thu Sep 14	6	GSM	Oncogenes (I)	4
4	Tue Sep 19	7	GSM	Oncogenes (II)	4
	Thu Sep 21	8	GSM	Growth factors (I)	5
5	Tue Sep 26	9	GSM	Growth factors (II)	5
	Thu Sep 28	10	GSM	Signaling pathways (I)	6
6	Tue Oct 3			MIDTERM 1
	Thu Oct 5	11	GSM	Signaling pathways (II)	6
7	Tue Oct 10	12	KL	Tumor suppressors (I)	7
	Thu Oct 12	13	KL	Tumor suppressors (II)	7
8	Tue Oct 17	14	KL	Cell cycle regulation	8
	Thu Oct 19	15	KL	The Rb protein and the restriction point	8
9	Tue Oct 24	16	KL	P53	9
	Thu Oct 26	17	KL	Regulation of apoptosis	9
10	Tue Oct 31	18	KL	Telomeres and telomerase	10
	Thu Nov 2	19	KL	Genomic instability (I)	12
11	Tue Nov 7			MIDTERM 2
	Thu Nov 9	20	KL	Genomic instability (II)	12
12	Tue Nov 14	21	IKH	Tumor progression (I)	11
	Thu Nov 16	22	IKH	Tumor progression (II)	11
13	Tue Nov 21	23	IKH	Tumor-host interactions	13
	Thu Nov 23			THANKSGIVING
14	Tue Nov 28	24	IKH	Tumor invasion and metastasis	14
	Thu Nov 30	25	IKH	Tumor immunology	15
15	Tue Dec 5	26	IKH	Cancer therapy: current
	Thu Dec 7	27	IKH	Cancer therapy: future	16
	Wed Dec 13			FINAL EXAM

 Fall 2006 / 101 Barker/ Tu Thu 2-3:30