Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available.

3 units | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA | Class # 20230 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISF | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023.

Instructor:  Garner, J. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar.  Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.

Preference to freshman. Behavior is what makes animals special (thirsty plants don't walk to water), but why do animals behave the way they do? What does their behavior tell us about their inner lives, and about ourselves? What do lipstick and cuckoos and fireflies have in common? Why would nobody want to be a penguin? What do mice say to each other in their pee-mail? Learning how to think about questions like these gives us a unique perspective on the natural world. Format: Flipped, Student-centered, Community of learners, with online and in-person discussion. Discussion and criticism of video examples, and documentaries, and student presentations. Topics: History and approaches to animal behavior; development of behavior, from genetics to learning; mechanisms of behavior, from neurons to motivation; function of behavior, from honest signals to selfish genes; the phylogeny of behavior, from domestication to speciation; and modern applications of behavior, from abnormal behavior, to conservation, to animal welfare, and animal consciousness.

His favorite experiments are ones where the animals tell you what's really going on by doing the opposite of what was predicted. He became interested in animal behavior because of its potential to open a window into the experience of the animals that share our world and our lives. He pursued a career in the field because it presents some of the hardest questions and most beautiful answers in science; and because of the great potential for animal behavior to improve both the lives of animals, and also the lives of humans. He serves on the boards of both animal well-being and human mental health advocacy organizations. None of the animal members of his own family are particularly well behaved, but he prefers them that way.

Preference to freshmen; sophomores admitted if space available.   

3 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 30283 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | ISF | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023 Tue, Thu 1:30 - 2:50 at E.D. Stone Edwards Bldg R358

Instructor: Albertelli, M. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar.  Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.

How and why animals are used in biomedical science. Addresses human and animal disease entities and how animal research has contributed to the treatment and cure of disease. SignificantnPreference to freshmen. How and why animals are used in biomedical science. Addresses human and animal health and how animal research has contributed to the treatment and cure of disease. Significant portions of this course are devoted to documenting the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals in research, including, but not limited to such topics as law and ethics, animal behavior, animal modeling, and the animal activist movement. Course topics will also include: history of animals in research, environmental enrichment for research animals, and research animals in the media.

3 units | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA | Class # 30480 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | ISF | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023

Instructor:  Vilches-Moure, J.
Notes:  Introductory Seminar.  Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.

Did you know that although we love garlic, it could make cats very sick? And how come if a human or a dog gets a heart attack they'll end up with a scar, but some fish can regenerate parts of their hearts? In this course, we will explore how select diseases can manifest themselves similarly or differently in different animal species. Students will have the opportunity to interpret physical exam findings, examine blood lab tests (bloodwork), look at X-rays (radiographs), and see what some of these diseases look like at the microscopic level (histology). Students will also discuss how humans benefit from understanding diseases in veterinary species, and how veterinary species benefit from understanding diseases in humans. This course will be of interest to those wanting to learn more about disease processes, and those interested in pursuing careers in biomedical fields including veterinary and human medicine. Oh, and one last thing don't cook with non-stick pans if you have indoor birds. Why? Sign up for the course to find out!

1 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 31060 | Section 02 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit | INS | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023

Instructors: Casey, K./Huss, M.

Have you ever considered a career in veterinary medicine but are unsure what it would entail? Pre-Vet Advisory fosters a community of veterinary-curious students and connects them with Stanford veterinarians. Periodic group meetings and guest lectures will introduce students to the variety of career options within veterinary medicine. Academic advising, with an emphasis on required coursework and practical experience, will be provided for those students intending to apply to veterinary school.

COMPMED 202 | 1 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 31480 | Section 01 | Grading: Medical Satisfactory/No Credit | LAB | Session: 2022-2023 Spring 1 | In Person.

Instructor:  Huss, M. (PI)

4 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 30433 | Section 01 | Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC) | LEC | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023

Instructor: Albertelli, M. (PI)

How and why animals are used in biomedical science. Addresses human and animal health and how animal research has contributed to the treatment and cure of disease. Significant portions of this course are devoted to documenting the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals in research, including, but not limited to such topics as law and ethics, animal behavior, animal modeling, and the animal activist movement. Course topics will also include: history of animals in research, environmental enrichment for research animals, and research animals in the media. Includes hands-on workshops covering animal handling, aseptic rodent surgery, and mouse breeding.

Megan Albertelli, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Associate Professor received her D.V.M. from Michigan State University. She completed her residency training in laboratory animal medicine and her Ph.D. in Human Genetics at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Albertelli joined the Stanford Department of Comparative Medicine in 2009.

Her research interests include genetic variation in breast and prostate cancers, as well as the development and refinement of mouse models of cancer and celiac disease. Dr. Albertelli is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.

To enroll, visit Stanford Student Services site.

1 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 27470 | Section 01 | Grading: Medical Satisfactory/No Credit | SEM
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023 Tue 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Remote Instruction

Instructor: Nagamine, C. (PI)

Focuses on husbandry, care and diseases of major laboratory animal species (rodents, fish and amphibians, swine, sheep, rabbits, monkeys); regulatory and compliance, applied principals of animal modeling, and factors that influence animal research, animal behavior and research reproducibility. The objective of this course is to provide students with an overview of the history of laboratory animal science, current industry standards and practices, and the fundamentals of laboratory animal diseases. Department consent required for enrollment. May be repeated for credit.  Must attend 7 out of 10 seminars in the quarter for a satisfactory grade.

Claude Nagamine, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor received his D.V.M. from the University of Tennessee in 2004 and completed his residency training in Laboratory Animal Medicine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. He joined the Department of Comparative Medicine at Stanford in 2008.

Prior to entering veterinary school, Dr. Nagamine obtained a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis (1979), obtained postdoctoral training in endocrinology, developmental genetics, immunology, and molecular biology of the mouse at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (NYC), Institut Pasteur (France), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, San Francisco and was an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His research focuses on using mouse models to study murine and human infectious diseases. These collaborative studies include dengue virus, adeno-associated virus, coxsackie virus, enterohepatic helicobacters, campylobacters, and anaplasma.

To enroll, visit Stanford Student Services site.

1 units | UG Reqs: None | Class # 31068 | Section 01 | Grading: Medical Satisfactory/No Credit | SEM | In Person
04/03/2023 - 06/07/2023

Instructor:  Darian-Smith, C (PI) / Felt, S. (PI) / Green, S. (PI)

Students enrolled in Masters of Laboratory Animal Science Graduate Program will present their Masters research project to the department. The first few sessions of the course are designed to assist students with development of their scientific talk and presentation skills. All students will receive feedback and evaluations from the audience, including faculty and fellow trainees. These talks are intended to help students be prepared for job talks as they seek employment in biotech, academia, and professional school. This course will meet the research presentation requirement of the MLAS degree program.

Corinna Darian-Smith, PhD Professor, received her Ph.D. from the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her Postdoctoral research was undertaken in the Department of Neurobiology at Rockefeller University. She is primarily interested in questions relating to (1) the organization of central neural pathways involved in fine finger/hand control, and (2) the capacity of these sensorimotor pathways to compensate/adapt following localized injury.

Photo of the cover of the Journal of Comparative Neurology June 2020 issue.
Thank you to Dr. Darian-Smith and Wiley Periodicals for permission to post.

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