Practical - Gönczy Lab
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
In the programs
- Number of places: 2
- Exam form: Project report (session free)
- Subject examined: Practical - Gönczy Lab
- Lecture: 6 Hour(s)
- Practical work: 18 Hour(s)
- Type: mandatory