Core Course Requirements

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

Fundamentals of Molecular Biosciences

16:695:538 6 Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Experimental Methods in Molecular Biosciences

16:695:539 2 Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Essential Skills II

16:695:552 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024

Ethical Scientific Conduct

16:115:556 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Laboratory Rotations I

16:695:615 3 Fall 2025, Fall 2024

Laboratory Rotations II

16:695:616 3 Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024

MBS Mini Courses (695)

First-year MBS Ph.D. students select a total of 6 mini courses for the Spring semester (2 courses per block). Block 1 course codes are 621-625; Block 2 course codes are 626-630; Block 3 course codes are 631-636. MBS Ph.D. students in their second year and beyond, or CDB or MMG Master's students, register for the number of courses as needed.

The following courses were available for the 2025-26 academic year. The 2026-27 academic year mini courses will be made available after the start of the Fall semester.

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

Regeneration - All Cut Up To Be

16:695:626 B2 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2023, Spring 2022

Integrated Stress Response: A Paradigm for Translational Control

16:695:632 B3 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2023

Chromosome Chaos Unleashed: Exploring Aneuploidy's Role in Cancer and Disease Dynamics

16:695:634 B3 1 Spring 2026, Spring 2024

Archived Courses

Title Course Code Credits Semester/Year

Peeking into the Brain

16:695:621 1 Spring 2023

Tumor Suppressor P53

16:695:621 1 Spring 2021

Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

16:695:621 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2022

Next Generation of Sequencing Techniques

16:695:621 1 Spring 2025

Application of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques

16:695:622 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Genetics and Cell Biology of Fertilization

16:695:622 1 Spring 2023

CRISPR Gene Editing and its Applications in Gene and Cell Therapy

16:695:622 1 Spring 2025, Spring 2024

Cancer Cell Metabolism

16:695:623 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

16:695:623 1 Spring 2023

Genetics and Cell Biology of Fertilization

16:695:623 1 Spring 2025

Toll-Like Receptors in Health and Disease

16:695:624 1 Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Models of Human Cancer

16:695:624 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2023

Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases

16:695:624 1 Spring 2025

Application of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques

16:695:625 1 Spring 2023

Peeking into the Brain

16:695:625 1 Spring 2025

Approaches in Gene Therapy

16:695:625 1 Spring 2024, Spring 2021

Biological Clocks in Genetics, Physiology and Behavior

16:695:626 1 Spring 2021

Cancer Epigenetics

16:695:626 1 Spring 2024

Ubiquitin/Proteasome System in Health and Disease

16:695:626 1 Spring 2025

Medical Mysteries

16:695:627 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Integrated Stress Response - A Paradigm for Translational Control

16:695:627 1 Spring 2024

Regeneration - All Cut Up To Be

16:695:627 1 Spring 2025

The AI-Driven Revolution in Protein Structural Biology

16:695:627 1 Spring 2024

Yeast Genetics to the Nobel Prize

16:695:628 1 Spring 2021

Approaches in Gene Therapy

16:695:628 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022

Major Determinants of Human Life

16:695:628 1 Spring 2025

Molecular Virology: Retroviruses and Lentiviruses

16:695:629 1 Spring 2022

Stem Cell Therapy

16:695:629 1 Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023

Early Immune Defenses Against Viruses

16:695:630 1 Spring 2021

Integrated Stress Response - A Paradigm for Translational Control

16:695:630 1 Spring 2022

P53

16:695:630 1 Spring 2023

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

16:695:630 1 Spring 2024

Circadian Rhythms in Health and Disease

16:695:630 1 Spring 2025

Peeking into the Brain

16:695:631 1 Spring 2021

Stem Cell Therapy

16:695:631 1 Spring 2022

Nucleotide Excision Repair: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance

16:695:631 1 Spring 2023

Metabolic Vulnerabilities: Liver Disease and Cancer

16:695:631 1 Spring 2025

Models of Human Cancer and Clinical Oncology

16:695:632 1 Spring 2022

SARS-CoV-2 and How it Affects Humans

16:695:632 1 Spring 2021

Regeneration - All Cut Up to Be

16:695:632 1 Spring 2024

Modulating Bioelectricity for the Treatment of Disease

16:695:632 1 Spring 2025

Toll-Like Receptors in Health and Disease

16:695:634 1 Spring 2023

How to Make a Good Egg: A Molecular Perspective

16:695:634 1 Spring 2022

How to Discover Your Own Drug

16:695:634 1 Spring 2021

Cancer Cell Metabolism

16:695:634 1 Spring 2025

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

16:695:635 1 Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Innate T cells: Development, Function and Disease Relevance

16:695:635 1 Spring 2024

Sensory Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan

16:695:635 1 Spring 2025

P53

16:695:636 1 Spring 2022

Programmed Cell Death and Inflammation

16:695:636 1 Spring 2023

Genome Origami

16:695:636 1 Spring 2024

Python for Research Bootcamp

16:695:636 1 Spring 2025