• Role of Glycolipids in Signal Transduction Pathways
• Receptor Pathogenesis
• Endotoxin Signaling
• Evolution of Signal Transduction
• Growth Factor receptor signaling in cancer
• Lymphocyte signaling and immune deficiencies
• Lysosomal Signaling
• Regulation of gene expression
• Signal transduction via cell adhesion receptors
• Cytokines and Signal Transduction

Lecturers provide several recent references. Students pick one to be the basis of a research proposal. Students are also evaluated on a 15min presentation based on their written proposal.

Requirements of research proposal and oral presentation