PSC3322 - Current aspects of cancer biology - 2017

This unit will introduce students to cancer cell biology. The specific topics covered include The Nature of Cancer, Cellular Oncogenes & Tumor Suppressor Genes, Growth Factor Receptors and Cytoplasmic Signalling, Multistep Tumorigenesis, and Invasion & Metastasis.

At the end of this unit students will be able to discuss:

1. What, in a cellular context, cancers represent;
2. How cells usually prevent their own uncontrolled growth;
3. Common signalling underlying tumor growth;

   Furthermore students should be able to use this knowledge to:

4. Answer specific questions around the pathophysiology of cancer cell growth;
5. Use sound scientific principles and inquiry-based approaches to design, undertake and analyse experiments that increase our knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cancer cell growth

Final exam (2 hour): 60%; Mid-semester test, practical work and learning exercises 40%.

Contact hours for on-campus students:

• Twenty four 1-hour lectures
• One 2-hour Tutorial
• Four 3-hour practical laboratories
• Directed independent study

See also Unit timetable information

Dr John Haynes

PSC2011 Biochemical Pharmacology

PSC2012 Molecular Pharmacology

http://www.monash.edu/pharm/current/