Biomedical Sciences for MD/PhDs (BMS for MD/PhDs)
Our Biomedical Sciences for MD/PhDs course is a one-year graduate core course tailored for MD/PhD students. The fall offering of this course (BSR1017) is designed to present concepts in biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular genetics, and occurs concurrently with the medical school course Molecular, Cellular and Genomic Foundations (MCG). The medical school MCG course provides a broad molecular and cellular framework for understanding normal physiology, with an emphasis on concepts related to human disease. Our course provides a parallel lecture series with an emphasis on mechanisms, methodological approaches, and experimental context that will help you understand the basis of our current knowledge. Tutorial Sessions are integrated into the course, and include journal club sessions focussed on experimental concepts and critical reasoning. The spring offering of the course (BSR1018) presents more advanced concepts in cell biology, cell physiology, immunology and microbiology, stem cells and differentiation, animal models of human disease, and aging.
Course Directors: Matthew O’Connell, PhD and Nicole Dubois, PhD