BIOMG 5350

Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

The course introduces molecular mechanisms that underlie the organization, division, and growth of individual cells; how they organize during embryonic development to form functional tissues and organs in multicellular organisms; and how their misbehavior contributes to disease.  The learning outcomes below indicate the topics and skills that students should master upon completion of the course.

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

• The internal organization of the cell, cellular organelles and their main functions.
• The four major classes of macromolecules in cells.
• The diversity of structures that allow proteins to execute nearly all of a cell's myriad functions.
• The molecular basis of various cellular processes such as secretory pathway and the cell cycle.
• The signaling pathways used by cells to communicate with each other and with their environment.
• Individual cell behaviors that act to promote form and function of embryonic tissue and organs.
• How to apply concepts learned in class to interpret hypothetical experimental observations.
• How to acquire scientific information from various databases and from the primary literature.

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