Course overview
This is an introductory course in Developmental Biology. It focuses on a number of model organisms (plants, invertebrates and vertebrates) and addresses key questions such as: How do cells in the developing embryo differentiate into specialized cells such as neurons or muscle cells? How do these cells organize themselves to form an intact animal or plant? The course will cover the sequence of events during embryogenesis (pattern formation, cell fate specification, cell migration and morphogenetic events, cell differentiation, organogenesis) with the goal of illustrating general principles and molecular mechanisms of development.
Instructor & TA
Instructor: Dr. Harald Hutter
Office: B8226; phone: x4803; email: hutter@sfu.ca
Office hours:
after class or by appointment
please include BISC333 in the subject line when emailing
Announcements
Lectures: Mo/We/Fr 11:30-12:20 in BLU9660
Tutorials will start in the week of May 25th
Midterm Exam: Wednesday, June 17
May 19th - Canvas is back online; all future course material will be on Canvas.