Lecture Series: Principles in Developmental Biology

Name: Lecture Series: Principles in Developmental Biology
Start: 2018-03-27T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-06-19T17:00:00+02:00
Location: MPI-CBG

27 March 2018 to 19 June 2018

MPI-CBG

Europe/Berlin timezone

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Registration deadline: 1 March 2018

AIM OF THE COURSE: The lectures will revisit basic principles that govern the development of a single cell, the fertilised egg, into a multicellular organism. These events include, among others, mechanisms of cell fate determination, cell-cell signalling, pattern formation and morphogenesis. The course will combine lectures, discussions, and seminars presented by the students. The course requires a strong commitment of the participants to actively contribute by preparing the lectures beforehand (based on material provided) and by regular participation. The course is part of the IMPRS-CellDevoSys graduate training.

SPECIAL REMARK: The course consists of five lectures/discussions (March to April) and two seminars with presentations by the PhD students (June).

LEARNING GOAL:

Basic principles of development
Critically reading of papers
Presentation skills

The number of participants is limited to 12.

We will inform you after 1 MARCH 2018 whether a slot in the lecture series could be assigned to you!

Starts 27 Mar 2018, 14:00

Ends 19 Jun 2018, 17:00

Europe/Berlin

MPI-CBG

Galleria 2nd floor

LECTURER: Elisabeth Knust & Jacqueline Tabler

COURSE Dates: Tuesdays, 2:00 -5:00 pm (lecture/discussion/seminar)

COURSE CONTENT:

27.03.2018: History and Genetics of Developmental Biology (E. Knust)

03.04.2018: Cell fate specification: Induction, cell autonomous vs. non-cell autonomous specification (E. Knust)

10.04.2018: Pattern formation: axis formation, morphogen gradients (E. Knust)

17.04.2018: Morphogenesis I: Gastrulation and neurulation (J. Tabler)

24.04.2018: Morphogenesis II: Cell migration and tissue formation (J. Tabler)

05.06.2018: Seminar: From genotype to phenotype, part 1 (PhD students)

19.06.2018: Seminar: From genotype to phenotype, part 2 (PhD students)

PREPARTION OF LECTURES: As textbooks, we will use S. Gilbert: “Developmental Biology”, 11^th edition, 2016, and Wolpert: “Principles of Developmental Biology”, 5th Edition, 2015. Additional Review articles and links to Youtube lectures will be indicated.

ESSAY WRITING AND SEMINAR: Every student is expected to write an essay related to one of the topics covered in the lectures. These topics will be presented by the students in a 20 min presentation each in the two seminar sessions. Material will be indicated.

EXAMINATION: An examination based on the topics of the course is not mandatory, but can be taken on a voluntary basis. The mark achieved in the examination can be used to replace one subject of the Rigorosum at the School of Science, or the School of Medicine.

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