OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

01f-11
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Shinsaku NAKAGAWA, Masaru OKABE, Keiichi TANAKA, Takefumi DOI, Junichi NISIKAWA, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Hatsuo MAEDA, Naoyoshi MAEZAKI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Objective
This course gives foreign students an introduction to chemical, biological, and environmental pharmaceutical sciences and their recent progress in Japan. This course is primarily intended for international graduate students from other disciplines in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, but it is especially redesigned for undergraduate students in the short-term student exchange program.

Textbook
No particular textbook is used. Some materials will be distributed in the class.

Lecture Outline
Week l. An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Faculty (Guidance)
Week 2. Neuroimmunology:
Environmental or Emotional Stress Alters Immune Responses
Week 3. Gene Therapy:
Development of Fusogenic Liposome and Application for Gene Therapy
Week 4. Manipulation of Mammalian Embryos and Transgenic Animals
Week 5. Laboratory Demonstration and Discussion:
Cultivation of Microorganisms; Demonstration of Antibiotic Titer
Week 6. Environmental Toxicology:
Diseases Produced by Environmental Pollutants in Japan
Week 7. Molecular Endocrinology:
Mechanism of Signal Transduction by Nuclear Hormone Receptor
Week 8. Molecular Medicine:
Molecular Biology of Atherosclerosis
Week 9. Technical Tour and Discussion:
Facilities Concerning Environmental Systems
Week 10. Biophysical Chemistry:
Structure of Bioactive Macromolecule
Week 11. Synthetic Organic Chemistry:
Strategies for Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products
Week 12. Analytical Chemistry:
Importance of Analytical Chemistry in Development of New Medicines
Week 13. Modern Instrumentation (Laboratory Demonstration):
Theory and Practice of Modern Instrumental Techniques in Chemical Analysis
Week14-15. Final Examination (Term Paper Preparation)

Grading
The course grade will be based upon a term paper to be submitted at the end of the course (60%) and class participation and discussion (40%).