Topics include methods for cellular analysis, membranes, organelles, intracellular sorting, cell signaling, and cell cycles. Topics include recombination, replication, transcription, translation, plasmids, transposons, DNA repair, and gene regulation. Topics include recombinant DNA techniques, eukaryotic gene structure, transcription, translation, post-translational modifications, genome evolution, and genetic engineering. Integrated cellular function in multicellular organisms. Topics include development, differentiation, immunology, neurobiology, and tumorigenesis in both animals and plants.
Students receive training in the preparation and presentation of scientific seminars.
This course also offers instruction and discussions of ethics relevant to scientists. Research experiences and disciplinary explorations in laboratories of MCB faculty.