551-1513-00L  Cancer Cell Signaling: Mechanisms, Targets and Therapeutic Approaches

SemesterHerbstsemester 2017
DozierendeW. Krek, W. Kovacs
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch
KommentarNumber of participants limited to 10.

The enrolment is done by the D-BIOL study administration.


KurzbeschreibungThis course will consider the pathogenetic landscape of cancer, explore how abnormalities of cellular informationmanagement cause cancer and demonstrate how the integrated application of modern omics technologies, mouse cancer models and human pathology provides a foundation for developing individualized cancer therapeutics. The course combines practical work with discussions and presentations.
LernzielInsights into and overview about the genetic alterations that underlie different cancer types, the complex cancer cell circuitries governing tumor development, modern approaches used in contemporary basic and translational cancer research and sophisticated strategies to control individual cancers and combat drug resistance.