Anatomy

Catalog description

This course focuses on modern trends in cell biology and their role in disease processes. Topics include cellular organelles, cell diversity, and cellular processes. Each two hour class will consist of a one hour lecture followed by a journal club discussion of the previous week's topic. Oral presentations of written assignments will allow students to integrate lecture material. By the end of the course, the learner will have acquired knowledge of the cellular mechanisms essential to organismal health, developed creative and critical thinking skills by integrating multiple aspects of cell biology to address a research problem, and honed their oral presentation and scientific writing skills. Prerequisite: Completion of the IGPBS core curriculum or consent of the instructor.