Cancer Biology Program

CBIO 241. Molecular, Cellular, and Genetic Basis of Cancer—Core course required of first-year Cancer Biology graduate students. Focus is on key experiments and classic primary research papers in cancer biology. Letter grade required. Undergraduates require consent of course director.
5 units, Aut (Giaccia, A)

CBIO 260. Teaching in Cancer Biology—Practical experience in teaching by serving as a teaching assistant in a cancer biology course. Unit values are allotted individually to reflect the level of teaching responsibility assigned to the student.
1-10 units, Aut (Giaccia, A), Win (Staff), Spr (Lipsick, J)

CBIO 280. Cancer Biology Journal Club—Required of and limited to first- and second-year graduate students in Cancer Biology. Recent papers in the literature presented by graduate students. When possible, discussion relates to and precedes cancer-related seminars at Stanford. Attendance at the relevant seminar required.
1 unit, Aut, Win, Spr (Giaccia, A)

CBIO 299. Directed Reading in Cancer Biology—Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
1-18 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

CBIO 399. Graduate Research—Investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Cancer Biology Ph.D. students must register as soon as they begin dissertation-related research work.
1-18 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

COGNATE COURSES

See respective department listings for course descriptions. See degree requirements above or the program’s student services office for applicability of these courses to a major or minor program.

BIOSCI 203. Advanced Genetics—(Same as DBIO 203, GENE 203.)
4 units, Aut (Stearns, T; Barsh, G; Sidow, A; Kim, S)

BIOSCI 214. Cell Biology of Physiological Processes—(Same as BIOC 224.)
2-5 units, Win (Theriot, J; Nelson, W; Straight, A; Bogyo, M; Pfeffer, S)