Course Name	Animal Endocrinology
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Kim Jin Wook
	Affiliation	Animal Bioscience

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

This is a course about molecular endocrinology and signal transduction in animal. Topics include basic endocrine system, hormone action and its regulation, receptor function, cellular signaling, and intracellular protein interaction. Those topics are dealt with from the gross to the molecular level.

This course consists of a lecture (3hr) by instructor and a presentation by students. The presenters should prepare a power-point format and LCD projector will be provided.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Textbooks that accompany the course are "Essential Endocrinology (Charles G. D. Brook & Nicholas J. Marchall, 4th ed. Blackwell Publishing)". A copy of reading material will be distributed a week in advance (see my lab website: http://jwk.gnu.ac.kr/~kjw, click lecture and undergraduate). The reading assignments will be tested by way of lecturing. Please keep up with your readings!

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Students as a team will need to choose one article relevant to your interests and distribute it as a PDF format via e-mail one week in advance. A photocopy distribution is fine too. The presentation should include background, experimental design, results with figures and tables, and summary. Students need to present at least for 30 min followed by Q & A. Presentations will keep going in turn until the semester ends.

Grading Scheme: Three written exams (October, November and December), quiz, class attendance and presentation will be evaluated. A student who misses several lectures because of a medical and other problem may be asked to re-establish Good Standing by answering an essay question or taking an oral examination. Students are encouraged to use e-mail or lab website if they have any questions or problems.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

wk	Topic

1	Introduction to Animal Endocrinology

2	The endocrine system

3	The molecular basis of hormone action-I

4	The molecular basis of hormone action-II

5	The hypothalamopituitary axis -I

6	The hypothalamopituitary axis -II

7	The adrenal gland

8	The thyroid

9	Reproductive endocrinology-I

10	Reproductive endocrinology-II

11	Calcium regulation-I

12	Calcium regulation-II

13	The pancreas, gastrointestinal hormones and leptin-I

14	The pancreas, gastrointestinal hormones and leptin-II

15	The pancreas, gastrointestinal hormones and leptin-III

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:       055-772-1885                     e-mail: jinkim@gnu.ac.kr