Eukaryotic Cell Biology

Catalog description

This course covers current areas of cell biology research, focusing on processes affecting the cell as a whole. BMMB 542 Eukaryotic Cell Biology (3)This course in eukaryotic cell biology will provide a foundation for those students whose thesis research focuses on cell biology or the cellular aspects of development. The primary focus will be to understand how the cell functions as a unit. Areas to be covered include compartmentalization of the cell and transport between different sub-cellular compartments; the control of cell shape and how cell shape and polarity changes drive cell movement and tissue shape; the life cycle of cells; and the regulation of these processes by extracellular signals. We will also investigate current research techniques and tools that are used to investigate these processes.