Frances Plane
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pharmacology Dept
- fplane@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-6645
- Address
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9-62C Medical Sciences Building
8613 - 114 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H7
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Cardiovascular endothelium nitric oxide
About
Dr. Frances Plane is currently appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
Teaching
PMCOL 425 - Problem Solving in Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Students will be presented with problem cases involving patients with conditions, possibly needing drug therapy. They will identify the issues needing resolution, work collectively to find information to resolve them, and present these and their application to each patient to the group. The group will work to resolve outstanding issues after the presentations. Intended for senior undergraduate students. Prerequisites: PMCOL 343 and 344 and consent of Instructor.
Courses
PMCOL 337 - Experimental Procedures in Pharmacology
Provides a hands-on experience in addressing basic pharmacological questions. The course will employ both in vitro techniques and behavioural models. Emphasis will be placed on experimental design and data collection, analysis and presentation. Restricted to Pharmacology Specialization or Honors students.
PMCOL 415 - Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Critical discussion and analysis of current research papers in cardiovascular pharmacology, grouped into themes. Recent developments and use of the literature will be emphasized. In-class participation during roundtable discussion to critique assigned papers is essential. Each theme will be accompanied by the student's written analyses of papers assigned but not discussed in class, in the format of a condensation/critique. Prerequisites: PMCOL 343 and 344. In cases of limited space, preference will be given to students in the Pharmacology program.
Featured Publications
Back V., Asgari A., Franczak A., Saito M., Castaneda Zaragoza D., Sandow S.L., Plane F., Jurasz P.
JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 2022 July; 10.1111/jth.15827
Faseb Journal. 2021 May; 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.05097
Poitras E.L., Gust S.L., Kerr P.M., Plane F.
CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2020 December; 28 (12):2418-2437 10.2174/0929867327666200923151924