Summer 2025 - MBB 730 G100
Mechanisms of Secretory Transport (3)
Class Number: 4259
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Chris Beh
1 778 782-6801
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Prerequisites:
MBB 322 and BISC 331/MBB 331 or permission of the instructor.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Analysis of mechanisms of protein, lipid, and nucleic acid delivery and transport within cells. The course will examine processes of protein targeting, exocytosis, and endocytosis; molecular mechanisms of COP-and clathrin-mediated vesicle transport; and viral and SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Lectures will present landmark experiments from classic papers, and student presentations will focus on recent research articles. The significance of these findings with respect to human disease and signal transduction will be considered.
Materials
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