The following segments of the course are taught by members of the Department of Genetics:
Dr Charlotte Houldcroft: Lac and Lambda Phage [2 lectures, MT]
Lecture 1 - The Lac Operon
Lecture 2 - Lambda Phage
Dr Marco Geymonat [4 lectures, MT]
Lecture 1 - 4 - Yeast as a Model Organism
Dr Kate Baker: Prokaryotic Genetics [3 lectures, MT]
Lecture 1 - 3 - Genetic Systems of Prokaryotes
Dr Marisa Segal : Eukaryotic Cytoskeleton & Mitotic Cell Division [4 lectures, LT]
Lecture 1 – The cytoskeleton as a dynamic system
Lecture 2 – Cellular organisation of the actin cytoskeleton
Lecture 3 – Microtubule organisation in cells
Lecture 4 – Mitosis and cell division
Dr Ben Steventon : Xenopus and Zebrafish Development [3 lectures, ET]
Lecture 1 – Introduction to Xenopus and Zebrafish and key terms for Invertebrate development
Lecture 2 - Axis specifacation and Patterning the main body
Lecture 3 - Neural specification and regionalisation, and Gastrulation
Practicals
Dr Marisa Segal ; Prof Cahir O'Kane ; Marco Geymonat
Further information about the course and contacts
Course Organiser : TBC
Course Administrator : Genetics Teaching Office, ugadm@gen.cam.ac.uk
Contributing Depts : Plant Sciences, Genetics, Zoology and Biochemistry
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