Stuart Kim

Professor of Developmental Biology, Emeritus

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Developmental Biology

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Please see my lab website for description of research and publications. I do not update this site often.

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Biomedical Informatics Teaching Methods
  BIOMEDIN 290 (Sum)
- Directed Reading and Research
  BIOMEDIN 299 (Sum)
- Directed Reading in Cancer Biology
  CBIO 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Genetics
  GENE 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  CBIO 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  GENE 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  BIOMEDIN 370 (Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  GENE 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Supervised Study
  GENE 260 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching in Cancer Biology
  CBIO 260 (Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  GENE 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

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