Acceptable Graduate Level Courses

Physiology: Behaviour of physiological processes in response to physical effort, in areas such as structural basis of muscle contraction, thermoregulation during exercise, mechanics and energetics of muscle contraction, fuel utilization, fatigue, physiological adjustments during exercise and influence of training.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• Prerequisites: PHGY 311, PHGY 312, and PHGY 313

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Simon Rousseau, Alain Steve Comtois, James G Martin, Sheldon A Magder, Sabah N A Hussain, Larry Lands, Basil Petrof

Physiology: Advanced concepts in selected areas of kidney physiology, including the glomerulus, renal cell biology, kidney development, membrane and epithelial transport, hormones and autacoids, kidney transplantation, bioengineering and regenerative medicine.

Offered by: Physiology

• Fall. Offered in conjunction with the Department of Medicine.
• Prerequisite (Undergraduate): PHGY 312 or the equivalent
• Restriction: Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Physiology: Advanced key concepts in immunology as they relate to health and disease, including infectious diseases, non-infectious diseases and autoimmunity, and cancer immunology.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• 3 hours lectures
• Prerequisite: MIMM 314 or PHGY 313 or permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Daniela Quail, Marcel A Behr, Joyce Rauch, Jack P Antel, Nicole F Bernard, Erwin Schurr, Brian Ward, Jörg H Fritz, Anastasia Nijnik, Judith N Mandl

Physiology: Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the organization and regulation of the blood-brain barrier, highlighting neurological diseases associated with the blood-brain barrier breakdown and give an overview of experimental approaches to study blood-brain barrier.

Offered by: Physiology

• Fall
• 1.5 hours Lecture and 1.5 hours Seminar weekly
• Prerequisite: PHGY 313 or PHGY 314 and permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Maria Prager-Khoutorsky, Ji Zhang, Alexey Kostikov, Lisa Munter, David Rudko, Roberto J Diaz, Jo Anne Stratton

Physiology: Bone marrow hematopoiesis, with emphasis on regulation of stem cell proliferation and differentiation along hematopoietic pathways. Formation and differentiation of red and white blood cells and some of the diseases associated with hematopoiesis will be covered. Emphasis will be given to the molecular mechanisms involved in the normal and pathological conditions.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• 2 hours lecture plus 1 hour seminar weekly

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Volker Manfred Blank, Konstantinos Pantopoulos, Anastasia Nijnik

Physiology: Physiology, biotechnology, chemistry and biomedical application of artificial cells, blood substitutes, immobilized enzymes, microorganisms and cells, hemoperfusion, artificial kidneys, and drug delivery systems. PHGY 517 and PHGY 518 when taken together, will give a complete picture of this field. However, the student can select one of these.

Offered by: Physiology

• Fall
• Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructors.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Thomas Ming Swi Chang

Physiology: A discussion of the principal theories and interesting new developments in the study of ion channels. Based on a textbook, computer exercises and critical reading and presentation of research papers. Topics include: Properties of voltage-and ligand-gated channels, single channel analysis, structure and function of ion channels.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• Offered in even numbered years
• 1 1/2 hour lecture, 1 1/2 hour seminar
• Prerequisite: PHGY 311
• Priority to Graduate and Honours students; others by permission of instructors.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Reza Sharif Naeini, David S Ragsdale, Alvin Shrier, John W Hanrahan, Philippe Seguela, Derek Bowie

Physiology: An introduction to the field of chronobiology. The aim is to provide basic instruction on different types of biological rhythms, with particular focus on circadian rhythms.

Offered by: Physiology

• Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and PHGY 210 (or NSCI 200 and NSCI 201), and a relevant 300-level course (PHGY 311, or PHGY 314, or PSYC 318, or BIOC 311, or other, with permission of course coordinator).
• Restriction: Course for senior undergraduate (U3) and graduate students

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Nicolas Cermakian, Daniel Bernard, Kai-Florian Storch

Physiology: Seminar format course in which experts in immunologic mechanisms of resistance against a variety of infectious diseases, including AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis oversee student moderators in their presentation of recent scientific literature in the field.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• Restriction: Permission of the instructor. U3 InterDept. Honours Immunology students and graduate students with strong immunology background i.e. PHGY 513 and BIOC 503

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Judith N Mandl, Irah King, Heather Melichar

Physiology: Students will develop a working knowledge of cartilage and bone. Discussion topics will include: molecular and cellular environment of bone; heritable and acquired skeletal defects; research models used to study metabolic bone disease.

Offered by: Physiology

• Fall
• 1 hour of lecture, 2 hours of seminar per week
• Prerequisites: PHGY 311, and BIOL 202 or equivalent
• Restriction: U3 Physiology students, and graduate students in biomedical departments; others by permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Monzur Murshed, Frank Rauch, Peter M Siegel, Pierre Moffatt, Juliana Marulanda Montoya, Mathieu Ferron, Bettina M Willie, Josephine Tabea Tauer, Rene St-Arnaud, Kerstin Tiedemann, Laura Stone

Physiology: Discussions of recent significant advances in our understanding of the gene products involved in diverse cellular signalling pathways. Topics will include cell-surface hormone receptors, nuclear steroid hormone receptors, and ion channels and transporters. Students will present and critically evaluate experimental approaches, results and interpretations of selected research publications.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• 1 hour lecture, 2 hours seminar weekly
• Prerequisite: PHGY 311
• Preference will be given to Physiology Honours and Graduate students

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • John Orlowski, John H White, Ursula Stochaj, Daniel Bernard

Physiology: Topics of current interest in systems neurophysiology and behavioural neuroscience including: the neural representation of sensory information and motor behaviours, models of sensory motor integration, and the computational analysis of problems in motor control and perception. Students will be expected to present and critically discuss journal articles in class.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• Restriction: Permission of the instructor required.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 456

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Daniel E Guitton, Erik P Cook

Physiology: Introduction to optics, light microscopy imaging and data analysis for life scientists.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or permission of instructors.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Claire M Brown

Bioengineering: Introduction to the role of active forces, e.g. cell and tissue contraction, in the mechanics of biological systems. Review of passive and actively driven viscoelastic systems and momentum transport underlying the material properties of biology. The course involves a literature survey and a team project application.

Offered by: Bioengineering

• Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
• 1. (3-2-4)

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Allen J Ehrlicher

Biochemistry: Current selected topics in immunology. The biochemical mechanisms underlying various immuno-pathologies and the clinical significance of therapeutic interventions.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisites: BIOC 311, BIOC 312

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Christos M Tsoukas, Maxime Denis

Biochemistry: Advanced technologies and methods in genomics research, presented by experts actively pursuing the experimental approaches discussed.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Enrolment limited to 15 graduate students.
• Prerequisite: BIOC 454 or equivalent
• Restriction: Must take part in the Biochemistry graduate program

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Thomas Duchaine, Alexandre Montpetit, Kurt Dejgaard, Josee Dostie, Vincent Giguere, Hamed S Najafabadi, Yojiro Yamanaka, Sidong Huang, Ian R Watson, Lawrence Kazak

Biochemistry: Examination of recent developments in analysis of eukaryotic cell genomes and control of gene expression during differentiation and growth control. Molecular genetics; genomics and the bioinformatics of analysis of genomic and functional-genomic data; mechanisms and signal-transduction pathways for regulation of gene expression; applications to human disease with a strong emphasis on cancer.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOC 454 and permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Luke McCaffrey, William Joseph Muller, Imed Eddine Gallouzi, Peter M Siegel, Sidong Huang, Logan Walsh, Lawrence Kazak, William Pastor

Biochemistry: X-Ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy. Theory and methods used to determine macromolecular structures will be covered. Several practical sessions with hands-on experience for students are included.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Offered in the Winter term, in even alternate years.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Bhushan Nagar

Biochemistry: Examination of recent developments in protein biology and proteomics analysis. Proteomics, modeling and biophysical approaches to characterize the functional interactions of biological macromolecules; applications to biological problems. Lectures and in-class discussions are supplemented by practical training in proteomics.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: BIOC 450 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Maxime Denis, Kurt Dejgaard

Biochemistry: Structure, function and metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins as they relate to lipid storage diseases, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Prerequisite: BIOC 311 or permission of instructor
• Restrictions: Open to graduate students only with permission of instructor.
• Winter

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Robert S Kiss, Tommy Nilsson

Bioinformatics: Bioinformatics methods and reasoning in relation to genomics, proteomics and metabolomics strategies with an emphasis on functional genomics data. The course will cover introduction to UNIX, Perl programming, data processing and integration, file parsing, relational database design and implementation, angled towards solutions relevant for genomics.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisite: Understanding of cell and molecular biology (equivalent to a cell or molecular biology course) or permission from instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Martina V Stromvik

Biology (Sci): Concepts and mechanisms in advanced cell biology, based on genetic, cell biological, biophysical, and computational studies. Emphasis is placed on processes that are evolutionarily conserved, with examples from model organisms and cell-free (in vitro) approaches.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 3 hours seminar
• Prerequisite: BIOL 313 or permission

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Paul M Harrison, Paul Lasko, Gary J Brouhard

Biology (Sci): An analysis of the role and regulation of gene expression in several models of eukaryotic development. The emphasis will be on critical evaluation of recent literature concerned with molecular or genetic approaches to the problems of cellular differentiation and determination. Recent research reports will be discussed in conferences and analyzed in written critiques.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 3 hours lecture and discussion
• Prerequisites: BIOL 300 and BIOL 303 or permission

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biology (Sci): Molecular genetics and molecular, cellular and developmental biology, including signal transduction, cell differentiation and function, genetic diseases in eukaryotes.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOL 300 and BIOL 303 or permission.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Hugh Clarke, David Dankort

Biology (Sci): Discussions of all aspects of nervous system development including pattern formation, cell lineage, pathfinding and targeting by growing axons, and neural regeneration. The basis for these discussions will be recent research papers and other assigned readings.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 1 hour lecture, 2 hours seminar
• Prerequisites: BIOL 303 or BIOL 306 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Donald Van Meyel, Artur Kania, Alyson Elise Fournier, Jean-Francois Cloutier, Edward S Ruthazer

Biology (Sci): The course will consider how gene action is determining the duration of life in various organisms focusing on the strengths and limitations of the genetic approach. The course will focus particularly on model organisms such as yeast, Caenorhabditis, Drosophila and mouse, as well as on the characterization of long-lived people.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 302; BIOL 300; or permission of instructor
• Three hours seminar

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Siegfried Hekimi

Biology (Sci): Topics in the genetics and molecular genetics of unicellular, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate models systems.

Offered by: Biology

• Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 302; BIOL 300; BIOL 303 recommended
• Fall course given every second year, alternating with BIOL 544; enrollment limited to 15 students

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biology (Sci): Fundamental principles of cellular control, with cell cycle control as a major theme. Biological and physical concepts are brought to bear on control in healthy cells..

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 3 hours lecture
• Revised Prerequisite: CHEM 115 or 120, MATH 133 and 141, PHYS 142; or equivalents. BIOL 201 or ANAT/BIOC 212. Recommended: COMP 202, PHYS 230 and BIOL/PHYS 319.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biology (Sci): Cellular and molecular approaches to characterization of the human genome.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 3 hours lecture
• Prerequisites BIOL 202 or BIOL 302; BIOL 300; BIOL 370; or permission.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jamie Engert, Rima Slim, Alexandre Montpetit, Bruce Gottlieb, Ma'n Hilmi M Zawati, Hamed S Najafabadi, Yojiro Yamanaka, David Langlais, Javad Nadaf, Jean-Baptiste Riviere

Biology (Sci): The emerging field of mechanobiology and mechanotransduction, and their relevance in the context of multicellular physiology in health and disease. The molecular and cellular foundations of mechanobiology are covered. Current literature on the topic will be discussed and presented by students. Identification of gaps in current knowledge and proposing research to address them.

Offered by: Biology

• Prerequisite: One 300-level cell biology course or equivalent, and/or instructor's permission
• Restrictions: Restricted to senior undergraduate in the BSc degree and graduate students who fullfill the prerequisites or to students approved by the instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Arnold L Hayer

Biology (Sci): The influence of developmental mechanisms on evolution. This course draws on recent examples from plants and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Topics include homology, modularity, dissociation, co-option, evolutionary novelty, evolution of cis-regulation and gene regulatory networks, developmental constraint and evolvability, heterochrony, phenotypic plasticity, and canalization.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter
• 3 hours lecture
• Prerequisites: BIOL 303 and BIOL 304; or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biology (Sci): Selected human diseases, from the molecular and cellular levels to tissue effects and emerging novel therapies.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• Three hours lecture
• Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 302, and BIOL300; or permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Nancy E Braverman, Jacques Jean G Genest, Miltiadis Paliouras, Karen Elizabeth Christensen, Frank Rauch, David Watkins, Eric Alan Shoubridge, Alexei Pshezhetsky, Thomas Kitzler, Gary A Armstrong

Biology (Sci): Discussion of fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying the general features of cellular neurobiology. An advanced course based on lectures and on a critical review of primary research papers.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours seminar
• Prerequisite: BIOL 300 and BIOL 306 or permission

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Kenneth E M Hastings, Corina Nagy, Peter Scott McPherson, Jean-Francois Poulin, Yang Zhou

Biomedical Engineering: Methodologies in systems or distributed multidimensional processes. System themes include parametric vs. non-parametric system representations; linear/non-linear; noise, transients and time variation; mapping from continuous to discrete models; and relevant identification approaches in continuous and discrete time formulations.

Offered by: Biomedical Engineering

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: Undergraduate basic statistics and: either BMDE 519, or Signals and Systems (e.g., ECSE 303 & ECSE 304) or equivalent

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biomedical Engineering: An introduction to the theoretical framework, experimental techniques and analysis procedures available for the quantitative analysis of physiological systems and signals. Lectures plus laboratory work using the Biomedical Engineering computer system. Topics include: amplitude and frequency structure of signals, filtering, sampling, correlation functions, time and frequency-domain descriptions of systems.

Offered by: Biomedical Engineering

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: Satisfactory standing in U3 Honours Physiology; or U3 Major in Physics-Physiology; or U3 Major Physiology-Mathematics; or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Robert E Kearney

Biotechnology: This course introduces the application of computer software for analysis of biological sequence information. An emphasis is placed on the biological theory behind analytical techniques, the algorithms used and methods of developing a statistical framework for various types of analysis.

Offered by: Parasitology

• 3 lectures per week
• Prerequisites: LSCI 202 or LSCI 204 and ANSC 326. Permission of instructor.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BINF 301.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Jianguo Xia, Poorya Mirzavand Borujeni

Biotechnology: Fundamentals of protein structure and the application of tools for structure determination, how protein structure allows us to understand the complex biological functions, and how knowledge of protein structure can contribute to drug discovery.

Offered by: Parasitology

• Winter
• 1-hr lecture, followed by 2 hrs of computer lab.
• Prerequisite: Molecular biology or biochemistry, and basic bioinformatics, or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Reza Salavati, Traian Sulea

Computer Science (Sci): Algorithmic and structural approaches in combinatorial optimization with a focus upon theory and applications. Topics include: polyhedral methods, network optimization, the ellipsoid method, graph algorithms, matroid theory and submodular functions.

Offered by: Computer Science

• 4 hours
• Prerequisite: Math 350 or COMP 362 (or equivalent).
• Restriction: This course is reserved for undergraduate honours students and graduate students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 552.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Adrian Roshan Vetta

Computer Science (Sci): Selected topics in machine learning and data mining, including clustering, neural networks, support vector machines, decision trees. Methods include feature selection and dimensionality reduction, error estimation and empirical validation, algorithm design and parallelization, and handling of large data sets. Emphasis on good methods and practices for deployment of real systems.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Prerequisite(s): MATH 323 or ECSE 205, COMP 202, MATH 133, MATH 222 (or their equivalents).
• Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 451, ECSE 551, or PSYC 560.
• Some background in Artificial Intelligence is recommended, e.g. COMP-424 or ECSE-526, but not required.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Isabeau Prémont-Schwarz, Reihaneh Rabbany
  • Yue Li

Computer Science (Sci): Image filtering, edge detection, image features and histograms, image segmentation, image motion and tracking, projective geometry, camera calibration, homographies, epipolar geometry and stereo, point clouds and 3D registration. Applications in computer graphics and robotics.

Offered by: Computer Science

• 3 hours
• Prerequisites: COMP 251, MATH 222, MATH 223

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Kaleem Siddiqi

Computer Science (Sci): Fundamental concepts and techniques in computational structural biology, system biology. Techniques include dynamic programming algorithms for RNA structure analysis, molecular dynamics and machine learning techniques for protein structure prediction, and graphical models for gene regulatory and protein-protein interaction networks analysis. Practical sessions with state-of-the-art software.

Offered by: Computer Science

• 3 hours
• Prerequisite: COMP 462.
• Corequisite(s): COMP 462 or COMP 561

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to current trends in Bioinformatics and closely related fields such as genomics and proteomics.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Restrictions: This seminar is restricted to graduate students in the Bioinformatics Option. Enrolment is limited to 30 students.
• Note: The seminar will meet for 3 hours every second week over Fall and Winter semesters.
• Students must register for both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2.
• No credit will be given for this course unless both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): See COMP 616D1 for description.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Prerequisite: COMP 616D1.
• No credit will be given for this course unless both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): Techniques related to microarrays (normalization, differential expression, class prediction, class discovery), the analysis of non-coding sequence data (identification of transcription factor binding sites), single nucleotide polymorphisms, the inference of biological networks, and integrative Bioinformatics approaches.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Prerequisite: Enrolment in Bioinformatics Option Program or permission of coordinators.
• Restrictions: Enrolment by students in the Bioinformatics Option Program or by permission of course coordinators only. Computer Science graduate students not in the Bioinformatics Option Program need additional permission of the M.Sc. or Ph.D. Committee respectively.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): An overview of state-of-the-art algorithms used in machine learning, including theoretical properties and practical applications of these algorithms.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Prerequisites: COMP 424, COMP 526 or ECSE 526, COMP 360, MATH 323 or ECSE 305.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): Advanced algorithms for the annotation of biological sequences. Algorithms and heuristics for pair-wise and multiple sequence alignment. Gene-finding with hidden Markov models and variants. Motifs discovery techniques: over representation and phylogenetic footprinting approaches. RNA secondary structure prediction. Detection of repetitive elements. Representation and annotation of protein domains.

Offered by: Computer Science

• Prerequisite: COMP 462 or with instructor's permission.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Multivariate Gaussian distributions; finite-dimensional mean-square estimation (multivariate case); principal components; introduction to random processes; weak stationarity: correlation functions, spectra, linear processing and estimation; Poisson processes and Markov chains: state processes, invariant distributions; stochastic simulation.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-1-5)
• Prerequisites: (ECSE 206 or ECSE 316) and ECSE 205.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Aditya Mahajan

Electrical Engineering: Review of discrete-time transforms, sampling and quantization, frequency analysis. Structures for IIR and FIR filters, coefficient quantization, roundoff noise. The DFT, its properties, frequency analysis and filtering using DFT methods, the FFT and its implementation. Multirate processing, subsampling and interpolation, oversampling techniques.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-2-4)
• Prerequisites: (ECSE 206 or ECSE 316) and ECSE 205.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Benoit Champagne

Electrical Engineering: Point-to-point communications: source and channel models, lossless source coding (prefix codes, Ziv-Lempel algorithm), performance limits for channel codes, source coding subject to a fidelity criterion, end-to-end performance limits. Approaching the limits: convolutional codes, linear codes. The multi-access problem: achievable rate regions, TDMA, CDMA. Secure communications.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 411 or ECSE 511, and ECSE 510

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: An overview of statistical and machine learning techniques as applied to computer vision problems, including: stereo vision, motion estimation, object and face recognition, image registration and segmentation. Topics include regularization, probabilistic inference, information theory, Gaussian Mixture Models, Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods, importance sampling, Markov random fields, principal and independent components analysis, probabilistic deep learning methods including variational models, Bayesian deep learning.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)
• Prerequisites: (ECSE 205 or equivalent) and (ECSE 415 or COMP 558 or equivalent).

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Tal Arbel

Experimental Medicine: This course is designed for U3 students who are in a major or honours program in anatomy, biology, biochemistry or physiology and for graduate students. A multidisciplinary approach will be used to teach biosynthesis and processing of hormones, their regulation, function and mechanism of action. The material will cover hypothalamic, pituitary, thyroid, atrial and adrenal hormones as well as prostaglandins and related substances.

Offered by: Medicine

• Fall

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Maia V Kokoeva, Thomas Stroh, Andrew Bateman, Suhad Ali, David Morris, Vincent Giguere, Stephane A Laporte, Christian Rocheleau, Robert S Kiss, Monzur Murshed

Experimental Medicine: Study of the parathyroids, gut and pancreatic hormones and growth factors. In addition, the role of hormones and growth factors in reproduction and fetal maturation will be discussed.

Offered by: Medicine

• Winter

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Andrew Bateman, Maia V Kokoeva

Experimental Medicine: An introduction to the biology of malignancy. A multidisciplinary approach dealing with the etiology of cancer, the biological properties of malignant cells, the host response to tumour cell growth and the principles of cancer therapy.

Offered by: Medicine

• Fall
• Prerequisite (Undergraduate): A good knowledge of biology at the cellular and molecular level. Open to U3 and graduate students only

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Livia Garzia, Jose Guerreiro Teodoro, Phil Gold, Penina Brodt, Patricia N Tonin, Swneke D Bailey, Jerome Fortin, Talía Malagón, Sungmi Jung, David Labbé

Experimental Medicine: Offered in conjunction with the Department of Physiology. Current topics, methods and techniques for studying the cardiovascular system. Basic and applied cardiac electrophysiology, mechanisms of pacemaker activity, arrhythmias, the effects of drugs on cardiac functions, fetal circulation, coronary circulation, mechanics of blood flow, cardiovascular diseases, renal and neural control of the circulation, and cardiac assist devices.

Offered by: Medicine

• Fall
• Prerequisite: PHGY312 or PHGY 313 or permission of the instructors

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Adel Schwertani, Natalie Ann Bottega, Kshitij Badal Dandona, Martin Louis Bernier, Jacques Jean G Genest, Dominique Shum-Tim, Michael R Guevara, Benoit de Varennes, Matthias Gero W Friedrich

Experimental Medicine: Offered in conjunction with the Department of Physiology. In depth coverage of respiratory biology including: functional anatomy of the respiratory system, pulmonary statics and dynamics, chest wall and respiratory muscles, ventilation and perfusion, control of breathing, and defense mechanisms. This course is aimed at providing a solid grounding in pulmonary biology and its research applications.

Offered by: Medicine

• Fall
• Prerequisite: PHGY 313

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Basil Petrof, Ilan Azuelos, Arnold Scott Kristof, Marta Kaminska, Benjamin M Smith, James G Martin, David H Eidelman, Anne-Marie Lauzon, Sabah N A Hussain, John R Kimoff

Experimental Medicine: Offered in conjunction with the Department of Physiology. In depth coverage of developmental physiology, pulmonary vascular physiology, biology of airway smooth muscle, respiratory epithelium and molecular biology of respiratory muscles. Dyspnea, mechanical ventilation and respiratory failure will also be covered. This course emphasizes application of respiratory biology to basic and applied research and touches on pulmonary pathophysiology.

Offered by: Medicine

• Winter
• Prerequisite: EXMD 507

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Elizabeth Dee Fixman

Experimental Medicine: The student will be taught the capabilities and limitations of modern separation methods (gas and high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, hyphenated techniques). Application of these techniques to solve analytical problems relevant to biomedical research will be emphasized, with special attention being paid to the processing of biological samples.

Offered by: Medicine

• Fall

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Bertrand J Jean-Claude, Kurt Dejgaard, Robert Hambalek, Brian Gilfix, Jean-Paul Soucy, Anne-Laure Larroque

Experimental Medicine: Precise description of available methods in molecular genetics, and rationales for choosing particular techniques to answer questions posed in research proposals for targeting genes in the mammalian genome. Emphasis placed on analysis of regulation of gene expression and mapping, strategies for gene cloning. Course divided between lectures and student seminars.

Offered by: Medicine

• Offered in conjunction with the Department of Experimental Medicine.
• Prerequisite (Graduate): Admission by permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Danuta Radzioch

Experimental Medicine: For graduate students to develop skills in critical reading of current literature, interpretation of research data, and seminar organization and presentation. Staff suggest topics. Each student presents two seminars on topics of their choice, supervised by professors responsible for those topics, and one mini-symposium style presentation on any topic.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Stephane A Laporte, Christian Rocheleau

Experimental Medicine: Recent aspects of cell and molecular biology, including cellular organelle structure and function, molecular genetics, gene expression regulation, DNA replication and protein trafficking.

Offered by: Medicine

• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EXMD 604D1/D2.
• Offered in conjunction with the Université de Montréal: given Thursdays 16:00-18:00 at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, 110 Pine West.
• The course is bilingual with abstracts in the other language supplied; more than half the lectures are in French.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Marie-Therese Kmita, Nicole Jane Francis, Stephane Lefrancois, Nathalie Lamarche, Nabil G Seidah, Vincent Giguere, Eric Lécuyer, Francois Robert, Mohan Malleshaiah

Experimental Medicine: A course for graduate students in Experimental Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Physiology, dealing with molecular control in normal and malignant cell growth, including cell cycle and physiological controls (nutritional and hormonal), mammalian DNA replication, viral effects on host cell growth for DNA and RNA-tumour viruses and oncogenes, and tissue and organ growth-renewal mechanisms.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Xiang-Jiao Yang

Experimental Medicine: Modern molecular approaches in animal embryogenesis, with emphasis on embryonic patterning, organogenesis, and cell-cell communication.

Offered by: Medicine

• Prerequisite: Students must come with a solid background in molecular biology.
• Offered in conjunction with the Department of Oncology

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Experimental Medicine: Different cellular methods used in biomedical research, including spectroscopic, microscopic and immunological techniques as well as statistics. Lectures, some demonstrations by faculty as well as short seminars given by the students.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Simon Rousseau, Christine T McCusker, Benjamin M Smith, Andrew Bateman, Stephane A Laporte, Carolyn J Baglole, Gregory J Fonseca, Jun Ding

Experimental Medicine: Different molecular methods used in biomedical research, including chromatography, purification and analysis of proteins and nucleic acids, various techniques in molecular biology, transgenic technology, and stem cells. Lectures, some demonstrations, and short seminars given by the students.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Simon Rousseau, Gregory J Fonseca

Experimental Medicine: A course in cancer and allied fields aimed at familiarizing students with the current literature relevant to the biology of cancer, developing their critical abilities and providing an opportunity for presenting seminars to their peers.

Offered by: Medicine

• Students must register for both EXMD 611D1 and EXMD 611D2
• No credit will be given for this course unless both EXMD 611D1 and EXMD 611D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Experimental Medicine: See EXMD 611D1 for course description.

Offered by: Medicine

• Prerequisite: EXMD 611D1
• No credit will be given for this course unless both EXMD 611D1 and EXMD 611D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Experimental Medicine: Methods for identification of carcinogens, including epidemiological studies, animal modelling and molecular biomarkers, and characteristics of known environmental carcinogens (viruses, chemical and physical agents and diet). Environmental factors will be placed in the context of overall cancer risk, which involves interaction of genetics, host and environment.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jian Hui Wu

Experimental Medicine: Examination of the structure, function, and biosynthesis of glycoproteins, glycolipids and glycosaminoglycans, and the biological role of complex carbohydrates. Lectins, methods for elucidating carbohydrate structure, glycomics, and human diseases due to disorders of glycan synthesis.

Offered by: Medicine

• Winter

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Brian Gilfix

Experimental Medicine: Structured and instructor-directed student presentations and discussions of recent advances in molecular and cellular biology. The course will reinforce the students' knowledge of currently major areas of investigation, with a focus on human disease and medical applications. Important recent publications will extend material from textbook and review articles.

Offered by: Medicine

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Sonia Victoria Del Rincon, Stephane Richard, Donna L Senger, Genevieve Deblois, Julia V Burnier, Antonis E Koromilas, Wilson H Miller, Marc R Fabian, Stephanie Lehoux, Arielle Elkrief

Experimental Medicine: The course will deal, on a site by site basis, with the incidence of cancer, present treatment, treatment outcome, underlying causes, current research and directions for development of new treatments. Chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy and nutrition as therapy and treatment of cancer will be included.

Offered by: Medicine

• Prerequisite: Students must request permission from the instructor.
• Students must register for both EXMD 635D1 and EXMD 635D2
• No credit will be given for this course unless both EXMD 635D1 and EXMD 635D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
• Previous solid knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology required. Students will be required to write a long essay and give an oral presentation.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Alain Nepveu, Jose Guerreiro Teodoro, Simon Tanguay, Alexander Gregorieff, Genevieve Deblois, Abraham Fuks, Michael Sebag, Pierre Fiset, Josie Ursini-Siegel, Talía Malagón

Experimental Medicine: See EXMD 635D1 for course description.

Offered by: Medicine

• Prerequisite: EXMD 635D1 and permission from the instructor.
• Students must register for both EXMD 635D1 and EXMD 635D2
• No credit will be given for this course unless both EXMD 635D1 and EXMD 635D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
• Previous solid knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology required. Students will be required to write a long essay and give an oral presentation.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Alain Nepveu, Mark Basik, Jose Guerreiro Teodoro, Wassim Kassouf, George Zogopoulos, Nathalie Johnson, George Kukolj, Pierre Laneuville, George Shenouda, Michel Tremblay

Experimental Surgery: A study of signal transduction.

Offered by: Surgery

• 2 hours/week
• Restriction: Open to graduate students with prerequisites and U3 undergraduates with special permission

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Anie Philip, Kenneth Finnson, Cristian O'Flaherty

Human Genetics: This course will deal with ethical issues in the gathering, dissemination, and use of genetic information for decisions concerning reproduction, health care, and research.

Offered by: Human Genetics

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Yann Joly, Nicole Palmour, Seang Lin Tan, Palmira Granados Moreno, Ma'n Hilmi M Zawati, Anjie Ni, Diya Uberoi
  • Yann Joly, Nicole Palmour, Seang Lin Tan, Palmira Granados Moreno, Ma'n Hilmi M Zawati, Anjie Ni, Diya Uberoi

Human Genetics: Introduction to the field of stem cell research. Definition of stem cells. Pluripotent stem cells and reprogramming. Adult stem cells, niche and asymmetric division. Clinical applications of stem cells. Cancer stem cells. Ethical issues surrounding stem cell research and clinical treatment.

Offered by: Human Genetics

• Prerequisites: HGEN692 or equivalent Minimum grade attained by student must be: B+

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Exponential families, link functions. Inference and parameter estimation for generalized linear models; model selection using analysis of deviance. Residuals. Contingency table analysis, logistic regression, multinomial regression, Poisson regression, log-linear models. Multinomial models. Overdispersion and Quasilikelihood. Applications to experimental and observational data.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Winter
• Prerequisite: MATH 423 or MATH 533 or EPIB 697.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Russell Steele

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Distribution free procedures for 2-sample problem: Wilcoxon rank sum, Siegel-Tukey, Smirnov tests. Shift model: power and estimation. Single sample procedures: Sign, Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Nonparametric ANOVA: Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman tests. Association: Spearman's rank correlation, Kendall's tau. Goodness of fit: Pearson's chi-square, likelihood ratio, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. Statistical software packages used.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Fall
• Prerequisite: MATH 324 or equivalent
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 424

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Christian Genest

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The formulation and treatment of realistic mathematical models describing biological phenomena through such qualitative and quantitative mathematical techniques as local and global stability theory, bifurcation analysis, phase plane analysis, and numerical simulation. Concrete and detailed examples will be drawn from molecular, cellular and population biology and mammalian physiology.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Prerequisite(s): MATH 325, MATH 376, and COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 208 or equivalent.
• Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken MATH 437.
• This course is offered in the winter semester.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Anmar Khadra

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Dynamical systems, phase space, limit sets. Review of linear systems. Stability. Liapunov functions. Stable manifold and Hartman-Grobman theorems. Local bifurcations, Hopf bifurcations, global bifurcations. Poincare Sections. Quadratic maps: chaos, symbolic dynamics, topological conjugacy. Sarkovskii's theorem, periodic doubling route to chaos. Smale Horseshoe.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Winter
• Prerequisites: MATH 325 and MATH 454 or permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Tony Humphries

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Numerical solution of initial and boundary value problems in science and engineering: ordinary differential equations; partial differential equations of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic type. Topics include Runge Kutta and linear multistep methods, adaptivity, finite elements, finite differences, finite volumes, spectral methods.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Winter
• Prerequisites: MATH 475 and MATH 387 or permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Discrete parameter Markov chains, including branching processes and random walks. Limit theorems and ergodic properties of Markov chains. Continuous parameter Markov chains, including birth and death process. Topics selected from the following areas: renewal processes, Brownian motion, statistical inference for stochastic processes.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): General introduction to computational methods in statistics; optimization methods; EM algorithm; random number generation and simulations; bootstrap, jackknife, cross-validation, resampling and permutation; Monte Carlo methods: Markov chain Monte Carlo and sequential Monte Carlo; computation in the R language.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Prerequisites: MATH 556, MATH 557 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Archer Yi Yang

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Linear Processes and the Wold Decomposition; positive definite operators; Autocovariance and autocovariance generating functions; model estimation and inference; estimation for mixed processes using moments and the likelihood; diagnostic checking; tests with residuals; spectral analysis; estimation of spectral density the peridogram; spectral window and tapers; asymptotic moments of spectral estimates; fractional noise and long range dependence; continuous time models.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Prerequisite: MATH 545 or equivalent

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mechanical Engineering: Tensor Analysis, Gauss and Stokes Theorems, Complex Functions, Laplace and Fourier transforms, Linear Algebra, Initial and Boundary Value Problems for ODE's, Partial Differential Equations including elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic, Sturm-Liouville theory, Eigenvalue problems, Galerkin Method, Green's Functions and transform methods.

Offered by: Mechanical Engineering

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Mathias J Legrand

Neurology and Neurosurgery: A survey of computational methods commonly used to model brain function, including mathematical modeling to describe the relationship between neuronal activity and perception, action, and cognition. Mathematical basis for vision, motor control and attention. Data relevant to brain processes and models explaining these data, using engineering, statistics and artificial intelligence.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Winter
• Basic neuroanatomy/neurophysiology, some mathematics (linear algebra calculus, probability/statistics) or consent of instructor.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken NEUR 603.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Christopher C Pack, Per Jesper Sjostrom, Daniel E Guitton, Curtis L Baker, Bratislav Misic, Erik P Cook, Maurice J Chacron, Mark Brandon, Suresh Krishna, Pouya Bashivan

Neurology and Neurosurgery: Current topics in Neuroscience.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Fall
• Prerequisite: Permission of unit instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Tie Yuan Zhang, Diane B Boivin, Kai-Florian Storch, Yong Rao, Keith Murai, David Stellwagen, Nicolas Cermakian, Brian Chen, Jean-Francois Poulin, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Yasser Iturria Medina, Xiaoqian Chai, Boris Bernhardt, Maiya R Geddes, Mark Brandon, Sylvain Williams, Adrien F Peyrache, Suresh Krishna

Neurology and Neurosurgery: Advanced seminars in neurobiology emphasizing current concepts of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying disease of the nervous system and muscle and how the study of disease has contributed to our understanding of cell biology. Topics: genetic mutations responsible for diseases, mechanisms of selective vulnerability of cell populations, and environmental influences.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Winter
• Prerequisites: NEUR 630, NEUR 631 or NEUR 610; and permission of instructor
• Enrolment limited to 12

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Gary A Armstrong, Jerome Fortin, Roberta La Piana, Leonard Levin, Lili-Naz Hazrati

Neurology and Neurosurgery: This course focuses on neuronal development and maturation from a molecular aspect. We introduce various model organisms and systems that are used to study molecular aspects of development, explore their particular advantages and explore the cellular and molecular events that contribute to the development of the nervous system.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Winter
• Offered alternate years - odd numbered years

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jean-Francois Cloutier, Artur Kania, Stefano Stifani, Jean-Francois Poulin, Timothy J Kennedy, Edward S Ruthazer, Michel Cayouette, Yang Zhou

Neurology and Neurosurgery: An overview of cellular and molecular neuroscience at the graduate level. Topics include: synthesis, processing and intracellular transport of macromolecules; development of the nervous system including neurogenesis, axonal pathfinding, synaptogenesis and myelination; neuronal survival and response to injury; generation and propagation of action potentials; neurotransmitters and synaptic transmission.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and BIOL 201 or equivalent; permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Gary A Armstrong, Wayne Steven Sossin, Jean-Francois Cloutier, Derek Bowie, Jean-Francois Poulin, Edward S Ruthazer, Adrien F Peyrache, Austen Milnerwood, PhD, Yang Zhou, Jo Anne Stratton

Neurology and Neurosurgery: An overview of the structure, function and interaction of neuronal systems of vertebrates. Topics include basic neuroanatomy, coding and processing of sensory information (somatic sensory, visual and auditory systems), control of posture and voluntary movement, learning and memory, processing of language and speech, cerebral blood flow, the neuroendocrine system and neuroimmunology.

Offered by: Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Winter
• Prerequisite: A knowledge of basic mechanisms of biology, physiology, and anatomy as covered by respective undergraduate classes is expected and necessary to succeed in this course.
• Restriction: Students must be enrolled in a graduate program at McGill University. Students from other universities, as well as undergraduate students from McGill require special permission from the Instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • David S Ragsdale, Daniel E Guitton, Abbas Sadikot, Stuart Trenholm, Justine C Cléry

Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Chemistry, mechanisms of action, and steps in drug discovery and development.

Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Fall
• Prerequisites: PHAR 301 or PHAR 303; or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Lisa Munter, Reza Sharif Naeini, Karen Meerovitch, Albert M Berghuis, Vincent Mooser

Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Nobel Prize-winning discoveries as a basis for drug development.

Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Winter
• Prerequisites: PHAR 301 or PHAR 303; or permission of instructor
• Restriction: U3 and graduate students. Students can register only with permission of coordinators.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Gerhard Multhaup

Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Topics in pharmacology with an emphasis on molecular mechanisms of drug-action and cellular targets in the nervous system.

Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Fall
• Prerequisite: PHAR 301 or with permission of instructor.
• Restriction: Open to U3 students in the minor, major or honours program in Pharmacology, or with permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Derek Bowie, Jean-Francois Trempe, Marco Leyton, R. Anne McKinney, David Stellwagen, Arkady Khoutorsky, Gerhard Multhaup, Lisa Munter

Pharmacology and Therapeutics: This advanced course covers selected topics in pharmacology of reproductive, endocrine, and metabolic disorders.

Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Prerequisite: PHAR 301 or permission of the instructor(s)
• Restriction: Open to U3 students in the minor, major or honours program in Pharmacology, or with permission of instructor.
• Course material will be presented in the form of lectures and student-led presentations.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Daniel Bernard, Bernard Robaire, Jacquetta M Trasler

Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Topics in pharmacology.

Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Physics: Scattering and structure factors. Review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; correlation functions (static); mean field theory; critical phenomena; broken symmetry; fluctuations, roughening.

Offered by: Physics

• Fall
• 3 hours lectures
• Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Walter Reisner

Psychiatry: Current theories on the neurobiological basis of most well known mental disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, dementia). Methods and strategies in research on genetic, physiological and biochemical factors in mental illness will be discussed. Discussion will also focus on the rationale for present treatment approaches and on promising new approaches.

Offered by: Psychiatry

• Winter
• 3 hours
• Prerequisite (Undergraduate): BIOC 212 and BIOC 311, or BIOC 312, or BIOL 200 and BIOL 201, or PHGY 311, or PSYC 308 and an upper-level biological science course with permission of the instructors, or equivalent. Basic knowledge of cellular and molecular biology is required.
• Restriction: Open to U3 and graduate students only.
• Restriction: Graduate Studies: strongly recommended for M.Sc. students in Psychiatry.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Tak Pan Wong, Lalit K Srivastava

Psychiatry: Statistics needed for analysing the types of data generated in a laboratory setting, with emphasis on the neurosciences, will be covered. Hypothesis testing, parametric and non-parametric statistics will be studied with a practical approach, using data generated by the students. Computer analysis will be introduced.

Offered by: Psychiatry

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Yashar Zeighami, Mahsa Dadar
  • Yashar Zeighami

Psychology: Anatomical, biochemical and physiological aspects of neurotransmitter systems in the brain, current theories of the function of these systems in normal and abnormal behaviour, and the actions of psychotropic drugs.

Offered by: Psychology

• Winter
• 2 lectures
• Prerequisites: any two of the following NSCI 201, PSYC 311, PSYC 318, ANAT 321, PHGY 314, BIOL 306
• Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHAR 562

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Psychology: Advances in the understanding of the neurobiological bases of fundamental memory processes, such as memory consolidation maintenance, retrieval, and forgetting. The contribution of their dysregulation to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. Consideration of findings from a variety of species, spanning insects to humans.

Offered by: Psychology

• Winter
• Prerequisite: BIOL 306 or PHGY 311 or NSCI 201 or NEUR 310 or permission of the instructor
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 514.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Psychology: We examine in detail the structure of the visual system, and its function as reflected in the perceptual abilities and behaviour of the organism. Parallels are also drawn with other sensory systems to demonstrate general principles of sensory coding.

Offered by: Psychology

• Winter
• 2 lectures

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year