Students learn field and laboratory techniques to address ecological, ecophysiological, and biomechanical problems faced by marine organisms. Original research projects may be integrated with on-going research programs in the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. Watanabe, Denny, Micheli, Somero, Epel, Block. 8 units 176H. Experimental Neurobiology . This is a laboratory course concentrating on investigative methods in the neurosciences, including electrophysiological, biochemical, molecular, behavioral, and histological techniques.
Students work on individual original research projects under guidance of the faculty.
Organisms are constantly exposed to environmental stresses and potential cell damage. This seminar will review the nature of these stresses, adaptive defense mechanisms, and repair responses when these defenses break down. Stress responses to toxins, DNA damage, oxidative stress, and the signal transduction pathways involved in stress responses will be emphasized. Deep-Sea Biology . The deep sea is the largest, but least understood, fraction of the biosphere.