CELL 613A Tissue Biology

1. through online video lectures, which the students will view independently outside of scheduled class time; and
2. through scheduled classes (labs) in which students observe digital slides, guided by written lab exercises. One or more faculty will be present during the lab classes.

The faculty will provide an overview of the slides, address questions the students may have as they study the slides themselves, and address general questions about the on-line lecture material. These 1.5 hour “labs” are intended to be highly interactive. The second part of the course will be devoted to the critical reading and discussion of research papers. This part of the course will be thematic and change from year-to-year. The intent is for students to use the background information they acquired during the first half of the course to understand current literature that is at the cutting edge of tissue biology, particularly in the mouse system. Potential themes would be “tissue homeostasis and stem cells”, “organogenesis”, “physiology”, or “novel approaches”. The second part of the course-critical reading and discussion of papers-will be offered as a stand-alone “tissue biology” journal club that student can take for 1 credit year after year.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit
Also offered as: CANB 613A