IB Cell and Developmental Biology : Genetics teaching components

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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