Education Curriculum

International Bio-seminar

International Bio-seminar forms part of an innovative global education curriculum (for doctoral program students) designed to foster researchers that can play an active role in the international community.

In this module, students practice discussing research in English to gain the necessary language proficiency. They will engage with Anglosphere instructors and researchers, including those from the College of Biological Sciences of UC Davis (UCD-CBS), in a two-day intensive seminar conducted in English. Before the seminar begins, students will study academic articles written in English to familiarize themselves with the technical terms and key concepts. The seminar consists of small group discussions, which encourage the students to actively contribute.

※By completing this course, a credit of International Training (Category 3) can be obtained.

Course details

Date 12/8/2021 (Wed) ∼12/9/2021 (Thu)
Supervising lecturer Dr. Nitzan Shabek
(Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis)
Theme Ubiquitin proteasome system and their overall biological functions in health and disease in human and plants
Lecture 1: Intracellular Protein Degradation - Focus on the Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway
Lecture 2 part1: Self-regulation of the ubiquitin system - Focus on the proteasome mega complex and how ubiquitin and other components regulate themselves by the ubiquitin system
Lecture 2 part2: Student discussion
Lecture 3 part1: Signaling through destruction - the role of E3 ubiquitin ligases
Lecture 3 part2: Steps towards characterizing protein-metabolite complexes
Bio Colloquium 12/9/2021 (Thu) 11:00-12:00
Structural Insights into Strigolactone Signaling Regulation by the Ub System
Date 12/14/2021 (Tue) ∼12/15/2021 (Wed)
Supervising lecturer Dr. Mark O. Huising
(Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences & Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis)
Theme Islet Biology and Diabetes
Lecture 1: Type 1 Diabetes
Lecture 2: Type 2 Diabetes
Lecture 3: Promises and pitfalls of the single cell resolution revolution in biology
Bio Colloquium 12/15/2021 (Wed) 11:00-12:00
The importance of local crosstalk in the regulation of beta cell fate and function.

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