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Critical Dates 2018

  • Module 1 =  Wed., Aug. 22 – Mon., Sep. 24, 2018
  • Module 2 =  Tue., Sep. 25 – Mon., Oct. 29, 2018
  • Module 3 =  Tue., Oct. 30 – Wed., Dec. 5, 2018
  • Module 1-3=  all semester

Rotation 1  Mon., Aug. 20 – Thurs., Oct. 11

Presentations: 10/8-10/11/18

  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: 
  • Cancer Biology: 
  • Genetics: 
  • Immunology & Microbiology: 
  • Molecular Cell Biology:
  • Neuroscience: 
  • Pharmacology: 
  • Physiology:  

Rotation 2  Mon., Oct. 15 – Fri., Dec. 14

Presentations: 12/10-12/14/18

  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology:
  • Cancer Biology:
  • Genetics:
  • Immunology & Microbiology:
  • Molecular Cell Biology:
  • Neuroscience:
  • Pharmacology: 
  • Physiology:

Fall 2018 University Holidays

  • Monday, Sept. 3, Labor Day
  • Friday, Nov. 2, UF Homecoming
  • Friday, Nov. 12, Veteran’s Day
  • Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 21-23, Thanksgiving

Exam Reading Days: Dec. 6-7

Final Exam Week: Dec. 8-14

COMMUNICORE MAP/FLOOR PLAN

 

Core Courses

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Contact: Brett Looney, M-134, 273-8602, blooney@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module  Day(s)  Time  Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 6001 GMS 6001 Schedule (Students, see canvas site for up to date schedule) 5 Semester 1-3 M – F  8:30-10:30  C1-7 J Resnick
GMS 6003 Essentials of Graduate Research & Professional Development 1 Semester 1-3 Th 4:00-5:00 LG-101 W McCormack
GMS 6090 Rotation 1 1 Semester 1-3      

T Rowe
GMS 6090 Rotation 2 1 Semester 1-3      

 T Rowe
GMS 6895 Journal Club 1 Semester 1-3 T Rowe

 Elective
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module   Day(s)   Time   Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 7950 Fundamentals of Biomedical Science Education 2 Semester 1-3  M, W 1:00-2:00 CG-72A W McCormack
GMS 6622 Mitochondrial Biology in Aging & Disease 2 Semester 1-3 Th 3:00-5:00 ARB R2-265 J Burman & C Leeuwenburgh
GMS 5909 Finding Biomedical Research Information and Communicating Science 1 Module 1 T,Th 1:00-2:30 C2-3 M Tennant

Cancer Biology (MSA)

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 Graduate Coordinator: Thomas Franklin, B1-3, 273-8473, tomfranklin@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module Day(s)   Time   Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 5905 Special Topics: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology Grant Writing 1 Module 2 M 11:45-1:40 TBA D Siemann
BCH 5413 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology & Genetics (Elective) 3 Semester 1-3 M,W,F 1:55-2:45 ARB R3-265 T Yang
BCH 7410 Advanced Gene Regulation 1 Module 2 T,Th 9:35-11:30 CGRC 351 J Bungert & S Huang
BCH 7412 Epigenetics of Human Disease and Development (Elective) 1 Module 3 T,Th 1:55-3:50 CG-57 J Lu
GMS 6051 Advanced Signal Transduction  (ODD YEARS ONLY) 1 Module 3 TBA TBA TBA J Harrison
GMS 6053 Cancer Biology & Therapeutics (requires a minimum of 5 students)  (ODD YEARS ONLY) 1  Module 2 T,Th 8:30-10:30 TBA T Rowe & D Siemann
GMS 6061 Nuclear Structure and Dynamics   (ODD YEARS ONLY) 1 Module 3  T,Th 2:00-3:30 CGRC 351 A Ishov
GMS 6232 Adv. Applications of Bioinformatics in Genetics  (ODD YEARS ONLY
 1 Module 1 T,Th 10:30-12:00 CG 291 L Zhou
GMS 6383 Current Topics in Immunology  (ODD YEARS ONLY) 1 Module 2 M,W,F 10:40-11:30 J580 T Brusko
GMS 6647 Transcriptional Control of Cell Growth & Proliferation (Elective) 1 Module 2 T,Th 2:00-3:30 DG-41 D Liao & Y Qiu
GMS 6691 Cancer Biology Journal Club 1 Journal Club 1-3 T 11:45-1:00 CGRC 336 M Zajac-Kaye
GMS 6934 Cancer Biology Data Discussion 1 Module 1-3  W 4:00-5:00 CGRC 451 D Siemann & M Zajac-Kaye

 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Advanced Program (MSB)

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Graduate Coordinator: Elise Feagle, R3-234, 294-8404, slide99@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module  Day(s)   Time    Room Course
Director(s)
BCH 5413  Eukaryotic Molecular Biology and Genetics 3  Semester 1-3 M,W,F 1:55-2:45 ARB R3-265 T Yang
GMS 5905 Special Topics: Biochemistry & Cancer Biology Grant Writing 1 Module 2 M 11:45-1:40 TBA L Bloom
GMS 6195 Epigenetics Journal Club
(with MSB) (S/U)		 1 Journal Club 1-3 Th 12:00-1:00 CGRC 351 M Kladde & T Yang
BCH 6207 Advanced Metabolism: Role of Membranes in Signal Transduction & Metabolic Control 1 Module 1  M,W,F 8:30-9:20  TBA S Frost
BCH 6208 Advanced Metabolism: Regulation of Key Reactions in Carbohydrate & Lipid Metabolism 1 Module 2  M,W,F 8:30-9:20 TBA S Frost
BCH 6209 Advanced Metabolism: Regulation of Key Reactions in Amino Acid and Nucleic Metabolism 1 Module 3  M,W,F 8:30-9:20 TBA S Frost
BCH 6206 Metabolic Control Analysis
(same as BCH 6207+6208+6209 above)		 3 Semester 1-3  M,W,F  8:30-9:20 R3-265 S Frost
BCH 6415  Advanced Molecular and Cell Biology   (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY)  3  Semester N/A N/A N/A T Yang
BCH 6740  Structural Biochemistry   (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY) 3  Semester  N/A  N/A N/A T Mareci

BCH 6741C

 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy in vivo
3

Semester

 1-3
3 (lab)		  T,Th 10:40-11:30 R3-265 T Mareci

BCH 6744

 Molecular Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography

1

 Module

1

  M,W,F 4:05-4:55  CG-41 R McKenna

BCH 6744L

 Molecular Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography – Laboratory

1

 Module

1

  T,Th  10:40-1:30  LG-171 M Agbandje-McKenna

BCH 6745

 Molecular Structure and Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy  

(FALL ODD YEARS ONLY)

1

Module

 2 M,W,F 10:40-11:30  ARB R3-265 J Long

BCH 6745L

 Molecular Structure and Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy – Laboratory

(FALL ODD YEARS ONLY)

1

Module

 2 Th Group A-  10:40-1:40Group B- 4:05-7:05  AMRIS Facility J Long

BCH 6746

 Structural Biology;Macromolecular Structure, Determination  (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY)

1

  Module  1 N/A N/A N/A R McKenna

BCH 6747

 Structural Biology/Advanced Physical Biochemistry: Spectroscopy and Hydrodynamics  (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY)

1

  Module  2 N/A N/A N/A T Mareci

BCH 6749C

 Numerical Methods in Structural Biology  (SUMMER C SEMESTER ONLY)

1

 N/A N/A N/A R McKenna
BCH 6875 Methodologies and discoveries in crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy   (CURRENTLY NOT BEING OFFERED) 1 Journal Club M 3:00-3:50 R3-265 R McKenna
BCH 6876 Recent Advances in Membrane Biology Journal Club  (SPRING ONLY) 1 N/A N/A N/A M Merritt
BCH 6877 Recent Advances in Structural Biology Journal Club 1 M 3:30-3:50 R3-265 R McKenna
BCH 6878 Recent Advances in Cytoskeletal Processes  (CURRENTLY NOT BEING OFFERED) 1 Journal
Club		 1-3 TBA TBA  TBA D Purich
BCH 6936 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Journal Club 1 Journal
Club		 1-3  T 11:45 R3-265 A Berglund
BCH 6040 Research Discussion in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 1 Semester 1-3 W  4:00  R3-265 L Bloom
BCH 7410 Advanced Gene Regulation (with MSG) 1 Module 2 T,Th 9:35-11:30 CGRC 351 J Bungert
BCH 7412 Epigenetics of Human Disease and Development 1 Module 3  T,Th  1:55-3:50 CGRC 351 J Lu
BCH 7414 Advanced Chromatin Structure  (SPRING SEMESTER EVEN YEARS ONLY) 1  Module  3 N/A N/A N/A T Yang
BCH 7515 Structural Biology/Advanced Physical Biochemistry: Kinetics and Thermodynamics  (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY) 1 Module  3 N/A N/A N/A D Purich
 BCH 6107 Biophysical Techniques in Proteomics and Protein Science  (NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED)  1 N/A N/A  N/A  R McKenna

 Genetics Advanced Program (MSG)

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Graduate Coordinator: Kris Minkoff, R2-220, 273-6380, kminkoff@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module  Day(s)  Time  Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 5905 Big Data For the Biologist 3 Module 1-3 T,W,Th 3:00-3:50 CG-451 L McIntyre
GMS 6038 Bacterial Genetics & Physiology (with MSI)  HYBRID 1 Module 1 F 9:35-10:25 R2-265 P Gulig
GMS 6121 Infectious Diseases        (SPRING ONLY)       ONLINE 3  1-3 P Gulig
GMS 6920 Genetics Journal Colloquy (S/U) Begins Sept 6, 2018 1 Journal
Club		 1-3 W 4:00-5:00 R2-265 M Wallace & E Wang
GMS 6195 Epigenetics Journal Club
(with MSB) (S/U)		 1 Journal
Club		 1-3  Th  12:00-1:00 CG 351 M. Kladde & T Yang
GMS 6232 Adv. Applications of Bioinformatics in Genetics  (ODD YEARS ONLY)      (Need bioinformatics & programming experience)
 1 Module 1 T,Th 10:30-12:00 CG 291 L Zhou
BCH 7410 Advanced Gene Regulation (with MSB)
 1 Module 2 T,Th  9:30-10:25 CG 133 J Bungert & A Lewin
GMS 6290 Genetics/Genomics Seminar 1 Semester 1-3 F 10:40-11:30 CG 133 M Swanson & D Soltis
GMS 6506 Biologic Drug Development   NOT OFFERED FALL 2018 1 Module 3 M,F 4:00-5:30 Split H Baker
GMS 7191 Research Conference 1 Semester 1-3 T 4:00 CGRC 451 H Baker
PCB 5065 Advanced Genetics 4 Semester 1-3  M,T,W,Th  11:45-12:35 2318 Fifield Hall C Chase
 GMS 6108 Bact. Phys. Antibio.  3 Module 1-3 F 9:35 R2-265 P Gulig
GMS 6169 Antimicrobial Strategies 1 Module 3 F 9:35  R2-265 H Schweizer
GMS 6153  Advanced  Bacterial Genetics 1 Module 2 F 9:35 R2-265 L Jin
GMS 6221 Ethics in Genetics    (FALL ONLY) 1 Module 1-3 Th 1:55-2:45 HME 332 W Allen & M Wayne
GMS 6251 Mole Therapy I          (OFFERED ONLY EVEN YEARS)  1 Module 1 TBA TBA CGRC 436 S Zolotukhin
GMS 6252 Mole Therapy II            (OFFERED ONLY EVEN YEARS)  1 Module 2 M,W,F 1:00-2:00 CGRC 236 A Srivastava
GMS 6253 Mole Therapy III             (OFFERED ONLY EVEN YEARS)  1 Module 3 M,W,F 1:00-2:00 CGRC 236 R Herzog
GMS 6132 Gene & Immunotherapy      (Online Only) 2 1-3 L Chang

 Immunology & Microbiology Advanced Program (MSI)

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Graduate Coordinator: Kris Minkoff, R2-220, 273-6380, kminkoff@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module  Day(s)  Time  Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 5905 Human Microbiome Health      ODD YEARS ONLY 1 Module 3 W 10:30-12:00 DG-41 M Davey & Lopez
GMS 6038 Bacterial Genetics & Physiology (with MSG)  HYBRID  (Prerq. of 6121 or Instructor Consent)
 1 Module 1 M,W,F 9:30-10:25 R2-265 P Gulig
GMS 6193 Oral Biology Research Conference 1 Seminar 1-3 M 11:45-12:45 C1-17 M Davey
GMS 6921 Immunology/Microbiology Journal Colloquy 1 Journal
Club		 1-3 Th 12:00 C1-7 TBA
GMS 6945 Team Science 1 TBA TBA Th 2:00-2:50 R5-265 W McCormack
GMS 6198 Bacterial Pathogenesis Journal Club 1 Journal Club 1-3 W 12:00-1:00 R2-265 L Kesavalu
GMS 6234 Introduction to Phylogenetics

NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR

 3 Module  1-3 T 1:00-4:30 CGRC 291 M Salemi
 GMS 6040 Host-Pathogen Interaction  (FALL SEMESTER-EVEN YEARS)  1  Module 3 T,Th 9:30-11:00 D5-10 J Brady
GMS 6143 Cells of the Innate Immune  (EVEN YEARS ONLY) 1 Module 1 M,W,F 10:30-11:30 CG56 M Wallet
VME 6505 Autoimmunity    (FALL OF ODD YEARS)
Prereq: GMS 6140		 1 Module 3  M,W,F  10:40-11:30 CG56 A Peck
GMS 6337 B Cell Development in Health & Disease  (EVEN YEARS ONLY)  1 Module 3 M,W,F 10:30-11:40 C1-7 L Morel
GMS 6382 Current Topics: T Cells in Cancer  (EVEN YEARS ONLY)  1  Module 2 M,W,F 10:30-11:40 C1-7  C Flores
GMS 6383 Current Topics in Immunotherapy    (FALL OF ODD YEARS) 1 Module 2 M,W,F 10:40-11:30  CG56 T Brusko
VME 6934  Mucosal Immunology   (FALL OF ODD YEARS)  1  Module 1 M,W,F  9:00-10:30 CG56 D Avram & L Jin
GMS 7194  Biotechnology Seminar
  1  Hybrid  1-3       L Wu
GMS 6232 Adv. Applications of Bioinformatics in Genetics  (FALL ODD YEARS ONLY 1 Module 1 T,Th  10:30-12:00 CG 291 L Zhou
 GMS 6108  Advanced Bacterial Genetics  3 Module 1-3 M,W,F 9:30-10:25 R2-265 S Jin
GMS 5909 Bio Info 1 Module 1 T,Th 1:00-2:30 C2-3 M Tennant
GMS 6169 Antimicrobial Strategy 1 Module 3 M,W,F 9:30-10:30 R2-265 H Schweizer
GMS 6153 Adv. Bacterial Genetics  1 Module 2 M,W,F 9:30-10:30 R2-265 L Jin

 Molecular Cell Biology Advanced Program (MSM)

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Graduate Coordinator: Thomas Franklin, B1-3, 273-8473, tomfranklin@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module   Day(s)  Time Room Course
Director(s)
 GMS 6061  Nuclear Structure and Dynamics   (ODD YEARS ONLY) 1  Module 3 T,Th 2:00-3:30 CGRC 351 A Ishov
GMS 6417 Integrative Aging Physiology 3 Module 1-3 M,W 1:00-2:30 DG-41 S Someya
GMS 6692 MCB Data Club  (Section 017G)  (required for all MCB students) 1 Module 1-3  W 11:00-12:00 JG-32 Y. Qiu
GMS 6647 Transcriptional Control of Growth & Proliferation 1 Module 2  T,Th 2:00-3:30 DG-41 D Liao & Y. Qiu
GMS 6690 Molecular Cell Biology Journal Club  (Required for all MCB Students) 1 Journal Club

1-3

 T 1:00-2:00 R2-265 E Vitriol
GMS 6635 Organization of Cells & Tissues 3 Module 1-3 Online, lab on Fri 1:00-3:00  DG-41 J Aris  & W Dunn

 Neuroscience Advanced Program (MSN)

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Graduate Coordinator: Elizabeth Fisher, L1-100, 627-9205, elizabethcfisher@ufl.edu 
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module Day(s) Time Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 6007

 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

 2 Advanced Module 1-3 Web Course
GMS 6021

Principles of Neuroscience I: Organization & Development of the Nervous System

 2 Advanced Module  1-3 Web Course
GMS 6024

Principles of Neuroscience IV: Neural Integration & Control  (Requires Permission Prereq: GMS 6705)                            Not Offered Fall 2018

 2 Advanced Module 1  M,W,F  9:00-11:00 L1-101
GMS 6029

Brain Journal Club: Neuroinflammation                                 Not Offered Fall 2018

 1 Journal Club 1-3 W 9:30-10:30 L1-101
GMS 6029 Brain Journal Club: Neurodegenerative Research: From Bench-to-Bedside 1 Journal Club 1-3  T 4:30-5:30 J480 S. Dore
GMS 6029
Brain Journal Club: Membrane Protein Trafficking: Communication between peripheral immunity and CNS
(Requires Permission)
 1 Journal Club 1-3  F 4:00-5:00  L1-101
GMS 6029
Brain Journal Club: Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders
(Minimum 3 Students Required)
 1 Journal Club 1-3  T 9:00-10:00 L1-101
GMS 6029
Journal/Data Club at Whitney Lab                                          NOT OFFERED FALL 2018
 1 Journal Club 1-3

P Linser
GMS 6029
Brain Journal Club: Animal Models and Pathology of Neurological Disease
 1 Journal Club 1-3 Th 4:00-5:00pm R4-133
GMS 6029
Brain Journal Club: Historical and Current Perspectives in Neuroscience
 1 Journal Club 1-3 TBA TBA TBA
GMS 6080
Basic Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Not Offered Fall 2018
  1 Module 2 T.Th 1:00-3:00 L1-101
GMS 6705
Functional Human Neuroanatomy
 6 Advanced Module 1-3 M,T,W,F 8:30-10:30 L1-101
GMS 6750 Molecular Pathobiology of Neural Disease 1 Advanced Module 3 M,W 3:00-4:30 J480 D Borchelt & P Chakrabarty
GMS 6792 Neuroscience Graduate Research Seminar 1 Semester 1-3  W  11:00-12:00 C1-11  H Nick
GMS 7794 Neuroscience Department Seminar 1 Seminar 1-3  Th  9:00-10:00  LG-101 E Candelario-Lalil & J McIntyre
GMS 7979 Advanced Research  (Pre-Candidacy) Var Research 1-3
GMS 7980 Doctoral Research Var Research 1-3
GMS 7795 Topics in Chemosensory Science Seminar 1 Seminar 1-3 TBA TBA TBA J McIntyre
GMS 7795 Nobel Prizewinners in Neuroscience 1 Advanced Module 1 Web Course N Rowland
GMS 7795 Psychobiology of Eating and Obesity 3 Advanced Module 1-3 Web Course N Rowland

 Physiology & Pharmacology Advanced Program (MSP)

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Graduate Coordinators: Ellen Esparolini, R5-234, 294-5350, eesparol@ufl.edu; Robyn Edwards, M-552, 294-5064, redwards@ufl.edu
Course No. Course Title Credits Course
Type		 Module Day(s) Time Room Course
Director(s)
GMS 6495 Seminar in Physiology 1 Seminar 1-3 M 4:00-5:00 R5-265 C Wood
GMS 6590 Seminar in Pharmacology 1 Seminar 1-3 M 4:00-5:00 R5-265 G Torres
GMS 6491 Journal Club in Physiology – Renal 1 Journal Club 1-3  M 3:00-4:00 R5-265 A Alli & M Gumz
GMS 6491 Journal Club in Physiology- Muscle 1 Journal Club 1-3 W 1:00-2:00 M559 G Walter & A Judge
GMS 6052 Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes 1 Module 2 M,W,F 10:00-11:00 R5-231 E Levitt & R Papke
GMS 6560 Molecules to Man: Past, Present and Future Therapeutic Strategies for Diesease 3 Semester 1-3 M,W,F 1:55-2:45 R5-265 J Harrison
GMS 6592 Ion Channels Journal Club 1 Journal Club 1-3 Th 12:00-1:00 R5-231 R Papke
GMS 6847 Translational Research & Therapeutics: Bench, Bedside, Community, & Policy 3  Semester 1-3  T,Th  T-1:00-3:00 Th-1:00-2:00  R5-265 J Martens
GMS 7593 Fundamentals of Skeletal Muscle 3 Semester 1-3 T,Th T-8:30-9:20 Th-8:30-10:25 FLG 280 L Sweeney