Alicia Elizabeth Smith: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2020

Name	Dr. Alicia Elizabeth Smith
Address	Institut für Biochemie ETH Zürich, HPM G 6.2 Otto-Stern-Weg 3 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telephone	+41 44 632 31 37
E-mail	alicia.smith@bc.biol.ethz.ch
Department	Biology
Relationship	Lecturer

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
551-1303-00L	Cellular Biochemistry of Health and Disease Number of participants limited to 20.	4 credits	2S	V. Korkhov, Y. Barral, T. Ishikawa, M. Jagannathan, R. Kroschewski, G. Neurohr, M. Peter, A. E. Smith, B. Snijder, K. Weis
Abstract	During this Masters level seminar style course, students will explore current research topics in cellular biochemistry focused on the structure, function and regulation of selected cell components, and the consequences of dysregulation for pathologies.
Learning objective	Students will work with experts toward a critical analysis of cutting-edge research in the domain of cellular biochemistry, with emphasis on normal cellular processes and the consequences of their dysregulation. At the end of the course, students will be able to introduce, present, evaluate, critically discuss and write about recent scientific articles in the research area of cellular biochemistry.
Content	Guided by an expert in the field, students will engage in classical round-table style discussions of current literature with occasional frontal presentations. Students will alternate as discussion leaders throughout the semester, with the student leader responsible to briefly summarize key general knowledge and context of the assigned primary research paper. Together with the faculty expert, all students will participate in discussion of the primary paper, including the foundation of the biological question, specific questions addressed, key methods, key results, remaining gaps and research implications.
Literature	The literature will be provided during the course
Prerequisites / Notice	The course will be taught in English.