Current Nanocourses

Course Description Cellular heterogeneity is a fundamental feature of biological systems and plays important roles in development, disease progression, and therapeutic response. This Nanocourse introduces computational strategies for discovering cell phenotypes from cellular...

Course description The goal of this nanocourse is to introduce early-career scientists to skills for mentoring and mentoring up (getting the mentorship you need). You will develop skills for engaging in productive, culturally responsive, research mentoring relationships –...

Course Structure This Nanocourse is Part 2 of a two-part series. After the completion Part 2, students will have produced a workable Specific Aims page (a one-page summary of the project) that they can expand into a full research proposal for grants and fellowships...

Course Structure This Nanocourse is Part 1 of a two-part series. Students may take Part 1 on its own or continue with Part 2, which focuses on developing these ideas into a Specific Aims page (a one-page summary of the project) for a grant or fellowship proposal. Course...

Course description Designing rigorous experiments requires deliberate thinking about the assumptions, alternative explanations, and the limitations of experimental systems. Yet, most researchers receive little formal training in how to structure their thinking about...