Fall 2008 Course Syllabus for Biology 316: Principles of Animal Development
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Lecture topic (readings in DB will be announced in lecture) |
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lab (read lab manual sections and look at plates before lab) |
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Aug. |
25 |
Introduction to class |
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27 |
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29 |
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Sept. |
1 |
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Compound scopes and Early frog slides (pp 25-31, 38-40, 46-48; Vade Mecum) |
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3 |
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5 |
Bird cleavage and gastrulation continued |
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0-18 hr chick slides (pp. 290-293, 53, 74-87, 100) 24 hr chick slides (pp. 88-98, 101-102; Vade Mecum) |
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3 |
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8 |
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33 hr chick slides (pp. 53-60, 62-73; Vade Mecum serial slide sequence) |
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10 |
Mammal
cleavage & gastrulation |
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12 |
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48 hr chick slides (pp 104-137), Review |
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4 |
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15 |
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4 mm frog slides (pp. 32-34, 41-45, 49-50) Review |
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17 |
Mechanisms II: cell fate specification, differentiation and differential gene expression |
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19 |
OUT OF TOWN |
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OUT OF TOWN |
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5 |
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22 |
OUT OF TOWN |
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OUT OF TOWN |
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24 |
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Review time to be announced |
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26 |
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Lab test 1 |
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6 |
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29 |
Catch-up and Review |
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Reading assignment: Spemann's organizer and self-regulation in amphibian embryos |
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Oct. |
1 |
Lecture test 1 |
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3 |
Holiday |
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Holiday |
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7 |
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6 |
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Reading assignment due by end of class, Discussion of reading assignment in lab |
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8 |
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10 |
Specifying paraxial mesoderm continued |
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8 |
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13 |
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Chick embryo observations and culture techniques |
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15 |
Bone, cartilage, muscle differentiation continued |
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17 |
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Frog embryo observations and manipulations, Research topic due |
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9 |
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20 |
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Retinoic acid experiments on frogs |
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22 |
Reading assignments: |
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Observations, discussion, photography of retinoic acid experiments |
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24 |
Discussion of quck paper and questions in class |
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Discussion
of How to
write a lab report on retinoic acid experiment |
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10 |
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27 |
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Discussion of group lab experiments |
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29 |
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31 |
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Select topics and start designing group lab experiments |
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11 |
<Nov. |
3 |
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Meet with professor and finalize Intro, MMs & schedule |
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5 |
Patterning
the fruit fly body plan: Part 2 |
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7 |
Catch-up lecture |
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Group lab day 1 |
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12 |
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10 |
Review |
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Group lab day 2 Research outline due |
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12 |
Lecture test 2 |
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14 |
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Group lab day 3 |
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13 |
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17 |
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Presentations of Results and Discussion of group lab experiments |
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19 |
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21 |
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14 |
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24 |
Thanksgiving |
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Thanksgiving |
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26 |
Thanksgiving |
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Thanksgiving |
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28 |
Thanksgiving |
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Thanksgiving |
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15 |
Dec. |
1 |
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Lab test 2 |
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3 |
Research presentations |
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Research presentations |
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5 |
Research presentations |
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Research presentations |