Biology 440/540 Course Description

Biology 440/540 is a course for graduate student that may be taken by
advanced undergraduate students.  The subject is experimental
Endocrinology.  As the name implies, this is not a general Endocrinology
course.  The course is designed to evaluate current areas of research in
Endocrinology.  Endocrinology is a very broad area of study that is
intertwined at many levels with other areas of biological and biomedical
science.  To maintain cohesiveness in the course, an area of focus is
chosen each year.  Some areas of focus in past years have been:  The
Endocrinology of Stress;  Endocrine responses to Starvation and;  The
relationship between the Endocrine and Immune Systems.  The topic for Fall
2001 will be: 
 
"Endocrine Pharmacology"