The Department of Chemical and Systems Biology offers four graduate courses plus a seminar course. Our students also draw on a wide array of courses offered by other departments and programs. Information about additional courses can be obtained from the Stanford University Bulletin.

Chemical and Systems Biology 210: Cell Signalling (4 units; Winter Quarter: offered annually)
This course focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which cells receive  and respond to external signals. It covers biochemical, cellular, genetic, and  pharmacologic approaches to this issue. (Instructors: Ferrell and Meyer )

Chemical and Systems Biology 220: The Chemistry of Biological Processes
(4 units; Fall Quarter: offered alternate years; offered 2007-2008)
This new course explores chemical bonding, structure, and molecular orbital theory applied to biological molecules.   Conformational analysis, kinetics and thermodynamics, and molecular dynamics will be covered as they relate to biologically relevant reactions.   Topics include the role of chemical cofactors in biological reactivity, the contribution of synthetic chemistry to studies of these processes, and recent chemical approaches in biomedical research.

Chemical and Systems Biology 240: Drug Discovery (4 units; Spring Quarter: alternate years; offered 2006-2007)
This course covers the scientific principles and technologies involved in making the transition from a basic biological observation to the creation of a new drug.

Chemical and Systems Biology 260: Quantitative Chemical Biology (4 units: alternate years; offered 2007-2008)
Current topics including protein and small molecule engineering, cell signaling sensors and modulators, molecular imaging, chemical genetics, combinatorial chemistry, in vitro evolution, and signaling network modeling,