BIOL 340L - Developmental Biology Laboratory (2)

This is a laboratory course designed to give students exposure to the different techniques and organisms commonly used in Cell and Developmental Biology research. We will be working with a variety of embryos, such as Drosophila, zebrafish, C. elegans, chicken, and axolotl, as well as planarian and dictyostelium. The major concepts that we will focus on include gene regulation, pattern formation and cell-signaling; cell migration and cell-cell adhesion; and cell fate determination. The laboratory exercises will allow students to observe normal early embryonic development as well as experimentally manipulate embryos at different stages of early development. The second half of the semester will be guided “independent projects” in which students formulate a cell/developmental question, and design and perform experiments that will provide answers to the proposed question.

Grading: Graded/Audit
Course ID: 52509
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory
Prerequisite: BIOL 303 and (BIOL 300L or BIOL 303L) with a grade of ‘C’ or better.