Advanced Development

Catalog description

Developmental Biology draws from Genetics, Molecular Biology, Genomics, and Embryology and is a foundational science for understanding problems in Humans ranging from birth defects to cancer. Because of its multidisciplinary foundation, Developmental Biology is best thought of as a SYSTEM OF IDEAS, EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS, as such you will greatly expand your scientific vocabulary and problem solving abilities during the course of this semester. Often you will need to draw on your stored knowledge from many disciplines to understand the topics we will cover. The course will comprise lectures on general development, evolution and developmental genetics, followed by discussions of papers on particular topics, and student presentations.