THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED

Module: 3
Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator:Ned Molyneaux

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: DSCB 270/BMS 270
Course Name: Introduction to Model Organisms and their Manipulation
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director:Ann Zovein

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Campus: Parnassus Heights & Mission Bay
Schedule: Mon, 5/19, 10:00-12:00, Wed, 5/17, 10:00-12:00. Fri 5/19, Mon 5/22, Wed 5/24, Fri 5/26, Wed 5/31 & Fri 6/2: 9:30-12:00.  (on Monday 5/22, half the class will meet from 9:30am-noon, the other half from 1:00-3:30.)
Prerequisites: None
Maximum Class Size: 6

Course Description:The course will combine a lecture/discussion component for each organism being studied followed by a practical, lab-based, learning component. The objective is to increase the students’ familiarity with diverse model organisms used to study development and embryogenesis, and the respective model system’s’ strengths/weaknesses in addressing biological questions. Students will be expected to work with the following species: mouse, zebrafish, chick, fly and worm.