Download Cancer Biology - MIT Department of Biological Engineering

Updated August 15, 2016
Cancer Biology
Faculty: Angela Belcher, Michael Birnbaum, Pete Dedon, Bevin Engelward, John Essigmann, Ernest
Fraenkel, Linda Griffith, Darrell Irvine, Roger Kamm, Angela Koehler, Robert Langer, Doug
Lauffenburger, Timothy Lu, Scott Manalis, Leona Samson, Ram Sasisekharan, Peter So, William Thilly,
Ron Weiss, Forest White, Dane Wittrup, Michael Yaffe
Faculty contact: Angela Koehler ([email protected])
Description: The cancer biology concentration will provide a fundamental understanding of cancer at
the levels of 1) underlying genes and environmental factors that are associated with the development of
tumors and 2) basic cell biological processes and systems underlying tumorigenesis. The area
encompasses subjects in molecular and cell biology, integrative systems approaches involving
quantitative modeling and bioinformatics, model systems and organisms, diagnostics, and experimental
therapeutics.
Guide for class selection
Students are encouraged to select two of the preferred courses that emphasize basic materials before
moving to the list of advanced or peripheral topics.
Restricted Electives
Preferred courses emphasizing basic materials:
20.213 DNA Damage and Genomic Instability (G)
Prereq: 5.07 or 7.05, permission of instructor
20.465/20.365 Engineering Immunity in Cancer and Beyond (U/G)
NEW COURSE for 2017
7.45/7.85 The Hallmarks of Cancer (U/G)
Coreq: 7.06 or permission of the instructor
Additional courses offering advanced treatment of specific cancer-relevant topics:
20.201 Fundamentals of Drug Development (G)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
20.361J Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology (U)
Prereq: Biology (GIR), 6.0002 or 6.01; or 7.05; or permission of instructor
7.95 Cancer Biology (G)
Prereq: 7.06
Electives
These additional subjects enhance the learning objectives of the concentration.
20.102 Stem Cells in Organogenesis, Carcinogenesis, and Atherogenesis (U)
Prereq: Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
20.104J Environmental Cancer Risks, Prevention, and Therapy (U)
Prereq: Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
20.215 Macroepidemiology, Population Genetics, and Stem Cell Biology of Human Clonal
Diseases (U)
Prereq: Calculus II (GIR)