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Toxicology, Physiology & Molecular Mechanisms Journal Club & Seminar

Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Class Time(s)
Monday, 3:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Mark Kohr
Fenna Sillé
Contact Name
Mark Kohr
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Provides a platform for doctoral and postdoctoral students (postdoctoral fellows) and faculty to present and discuss impactful scientific papers from the current literature that deal with mechanisms underlying environmental disease along with accompanying methods. Papers are organized around a term-specific theme selected by the course directors.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Critically read and evaluate scientific papers, and identify criteria for assessing the quality of the science
  2. Analyze and assess new methodological approaches in the areas of biochemistry, physiology, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, genomics, epigenetics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.
  3. Evaluate the pathophysiologic pathways of environmental disease at the molecular, cellular, tissue, whole organ-whole animal, and individual-to-population levels
  4. Give a high quality presentation that effectively conveys scientific results
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 50% Participation
  • 50% Attendance
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent required for students not in EHE
Consent Contact
mkohr1@jhu.edu
Special Comments

Consent required for students not in EHE

Held in departmental space