Student Seminars
Student Seminar Topics
Seminar 1: The Alimentary Tract
Mucosal barrier
- General topics
- Tight junctions
- The glycocalyx
- Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
- M-cells
Molecular biology of colorectal carcinogenesis
DNA mismatch repair genes and cancer
Chemical, radiation, and drug-induced mucosal damage
Microbial pathogenesis in the GI tract- Shigella
- Sahnonella
- E. Coli
- H. pylori
Seminar 2: The Pancreatobiliary Tracts
Biology and physical chemistry of bile and bile salts
Structure and function of biological membranes
Mechanisms of hereditary and acquired pancreatic disease
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
Gallstone disease - Genetics
- Biochemistry
Seminar 3: The Liver
Mechanisms of liver detoxification
- Microsomal enzymes
- Drug-induced liver disease
Immunology of the liver - Viral hepatitis
- Autoimmune liver disease
Mechanisms of acute and chronic liver damage - Alcoholic liver disease
- Fibrosis and cirrhosis
Inherited/metabolic disorders of the liver - Alphal-antitrypsin deficiency
- Tangier disease
- Glycogen storage disease
- Mucopolysaccharoidosis
- Lysosomal storage disease
