BIO-617 / 1 credit

Teacher: Gönczy Pierre

Language: English

Remark: 3-day Block course, every year in January. To register, contact EDMS Administration


Frequency

Every year

Summary

Give students a feel for some of the approaches pursued to understand mechanisms underlying cell division processes, primarily in C. elegans embryos but also in other systems, including human cells in culture.

Content

Students will conduct experiments (time-lapse microscopy, indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, ...) that should allow them to formulate a reasonable hypothesis about the function of a mystery gene that will be assigned to them.

Note

Please note that you cannot register in your own group Practical!

Note that 3 practical courses are mandatory for all EDMS students and that they have the priority; each course has between 2 to 4 possible slots.

Therefore, please do not register by yourself to this course, this will be done by the EDMS program administrator!

Keywords

Cell division, C. elegans, human cells, developmental biology, genetics, functional genomics.

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

None

Resources

Websites

In the programs

  • Number of places: 2
  • Exam form: Project report (session free)
  • Subject examined: Practical - Gönczy Lab
  • Courses: 6 Hour(s)
  • TP: 18 Hour(s)
  • Type: mandatory

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