Advanced Cancer Biology

Third-cycle level | 3.0 credits (HEC) | Course code: C1F3024
VT 2025
Study period: 2025-01-07 - 2025-06-09
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-10-15 - 2024-11-05
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HT 2025
Study period: 2025-09-02 - 2025-12-16
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2025-04-15 - 2025-05-06
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Course description

The lecturers will give a comprehensive and pedagogical overview of the research area as well as an in-depth discussion of their own research, related, but not limited, to the following topics: apoptosis, cell cycle, cancer stem cells, differentiation, virus and bacteria-associated cancer, tumor immunology and effects of chronic inflammation in carcinogenesis, cancer genetics and epigenetics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of cancer, tumor microenvironment, angiogenesis, metastasis, tumor heterogeneity and development of new treatments as well as key issues in clinical cancer research.

The course will consist of about 20 lectures, with approximately 45 minutes per lecture, at least once a week during one semester. Each lecture will be followed by an open discussion between the students and the invited speaker led by one of the course organizers.

Prerequisites and Selection

Prerequisite courses, or equivalent

Basic course in tumour biology and oncology.

Selection

Selection will be based on:  
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation). 
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date). 

Course director

Professor Galina Selivanova

Course syllabus

C1F3024

Department

Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology

Doctoral programme

Tumour Biology and Oncology (FoTO)

Type of course

**Other course

Keywords

cancer biology,, molecular biology of cancer, cancer therapy

CONTACTGalina Selivanova
0852486302
galina.selivanova@ki.se