Year 4, 2012-13
Module leaders
Dr Ian Godsland
Dr Alan Purohit
Reproductive and developmental sciences
Monday 8 October - Friday 9 November 2012

Module 1: Hormone-dependent systems and cancers - timetable: weeks 4 and 5 [Word] - complete timetable [Word]

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Tues 9 Oct How does gene regulation control gene expression? - Dr Mark Christian
Mon 8 Oct Hormones and cancer: the basics + learning objectives - Dr Ian Godsland
Cancer and hormones: cancer therapy basics + learning objectives - Dr Ian Godsland
Tues 9 Oct Growth factors and tumour susceptibility genes + learning objectives - Dr Ian Godsland
Thurs 11 Oct Cell adhesion, tissue integrity and angiogenesis in cancer - Dr Mark Sullivan
Tyrosine kinases as drug targets in cancer - Dr Nick Dibb
Mon 15 Oct The nuclear receptor superfamily + learning objectives - Dr Ian Godsland
Steroid receptors and their antagonists + learning objectives - Dr Ian Godsland
The science behind HRT - Dr John Stevenson
Tues 16 Oct Oestrogen receptors [pdf] - Professor Simak Ali
Endometrial carcinoma - Dr Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
Progesterone receptors - Dr Jaya Nautiyal
Vaccines in gynaecological oncology - Dr Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
Thurs 18 Oct Prolactin - Dr Mandy Donaldson
Pathology of breast cancer - Dr Mihr Gudi, Dr Thomas Lynch
Prostate cancer - Dr Charlotte Bevan
Progesterone signaling in breast and endometrial cancer - Dr Laki Buluwela
Control of steroid hormone production - Professor Stephen Franks
Fri 19 Oct Principles and applications of radiotherapy - Dr Edward Park
Epigenetics and cancer 1 [pdf] - Dr Constanze Zeller
Epigenetics and cancer 2 [pdf] - Dr Nabil Hajji
Mon 22 Oct Cervical and vaginal cancer part 1 and part 2 [pdf] - Dr Maria Kyrgiou
Control of peptide hormone production / Gonadotrophin action and resistance - Professor Ilpo Huhtaniemi
Tues 23 Oct Molecular profiling - Dr Euan Stronach
Mon 29 Oct Anovulation - Professor Stephen Franks
Endocrine disorders and reproduction [pdf] - Professor Stephen Franks
Chemotherapy - Dr Sarah Blagden
Tues 30 Oct Spermatogenesis - Dr Sheba Jarvis
Thurs 1 Nov Growth and differentiation of the female tract: ovary [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Folliculogenesis [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Fri 2 Nov Oogenesis [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Genesis of aneuploidy - Dr Nobuaki Kudo
Ovarian cancer - Dr Jane Borley
Wed 7 Nov Sperm transport [pdf] - Dr Kevin Lindsay
Fertilisation [pdf] - Dr Kevin Lindsay

Abstract writing – non-essay coursework for Module 1
The paper is Rivero-Müller et al, 2010
You should write an abstract that does not exceed 400 words in length. 
It must include the four main sections of the paper (introduction, methods, results, discussion), and needs to focus on the most interesting aspects of the paper. Submission deadline: Friday 26 October, 11 pm.
Please note for this non-essay coursework, you do NOT need to use the proforma provided, as the proforma is not really suitable.
The abstract needs to have your name at the top, and the word count at the end.

Please remember that these documents may be checked through Turnitin.

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