Mini-Courses - Summer 2015
- Summer Mini-Course Flyer (PDF)
- Full Year Mini-Course Flyer (PDF)
These intensive 1-3 week courses allow students to tailor their education across disciplines without requiring a full quarter's commitment and are open to postdocs. Students and Postdocs explore new directions for current research, potential postdoctoral avenues, or just topics of interest. Stanford Biosciences students and postdocs have highlighted these offerings as among the most exciting parts of their education, for the way in which they catalyze their research and open new paths.
If you don't have units available (3 units max for TGR students, 10 units max for non-TGR students), see your Student Services Administrator (SSA) or Julianna Prieto for help registering. For other eligibility and tuition questions please contact your SSA.
Please note, for Post Doctoral registration interest in any one of these mini courses please visit the designated Postdoc Registration link to apply. Registering is not a confirmation of enrollment or to attend the class. You will receive a separate email of your admittance once the selection process has been completed. If admitted, you must attend all days of the course. There is no fee to take these courses.
Flexible registration deadlines apply, however, space is limited and enrollment is capped so please attempt to enroll or apply by normal registration deadlines.
| Course | Description | Date & Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bios 221 | Modern Statistics for Modern Biology: Statistics for Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology and EcologyApplication based course in nonparametric statistics. Modern toolbox of visualization and statistical methods for the analysis of data, examples drawn from immunology, microbiology, cancer research and ecology. Methods covered include multivariate methods (PCA and extensions), sparse representations (trees, networks, contingency tables) as well as nonparametric testing (Bootstrap, permutation and Monte Carlo methods). Instructors: Susan Holmes PhD, Trevor Martin |
6/22 - 7/10 • M Tu W Th F |
| BIOS 233 | Experimental Metagenomics - COURSE CANCELLEDThe goal of this course is to develop an understanding of how to conduct metagenomic research by combining cutting-edge molecular sequencing with modern experimental ecological approaches. As a case study, the course will focus on the community ecology of the bacterial and yeast species that colonize floral nectar via pollinators and the implications for plant-pollinator interactions within an agriculturally relevant framework. The ecological and evolutionary principles and microbiological and molecular techniques that will be taught are broadly applicable in many biological fields, including the medical ecology of the human microbiome. The course will be inquiry-based, involving individual student-led projects. Instructors: Tadashi Fukami PhD |
7/23 - 7/11 • M W F |
