Scholar Resources

Literature Review

Scholars in this course meet twice a month: 1) Virtual 101 held over zoom on the 4th Thursday of the month, 2) In-person discussion section, where a pair of scholars present the paper for that month. Section 1 meets on the 2nd Thrusday of the month, while section 2 meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month.  You will receive outlook invites and email reminders for your assigned section only.

Literature Review Schedule on UCSF Box (requires login)
Literature Review Course Syllabus on UCSF Box (requires login)

Introduction:

Course Introduction (Video)
Introduction Lecture Slides

February:

Kaur, et al. Nature 2024
101: Proteomics

January:
Tsukui, et al. Nature Communications 2020

101: Transcriptomics

November:
Boon, et al. Science 2024
101: Investigating Molecular Mechanisms

October:

Vieira, et al. Cell 2015
101: In Vivo Disease Modeling

September:

Lam, et al. Cell 2021
101: Targeted Genetic Manipulation

 

NIH GRFP Writing Course (limited pilot)

GRFP Writing Course Syllabus on UCSF Box (requires login)

Build Your Reseach Community

BYRC Course Schedule on UCSF Box (requires login)
BYRC Course Syllabus

Application Resources

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PhD Application Teamspace
MD/PhD Application Teamspace

Orientation

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