Course Schedule (Spring 2008)
Course Director: Takashi Mikawa
T/As: Anastasia Henry and Neil Sheehy
Course schedule: Lectures (8 sessions); March 31 - May 19, Mondays, 1:30-3pm Rock Hall Room 102 - Auditorium. Simulcast to Parnassus S-161.
Discussion. (7 sessions); April 16 - May 21, Wednesdays 1:30-3:00pm, Mission Bay Rock Hall: 318B, 418B, 502; Genentech Hall: S22P, S536A; and, Byers Hall: 209. Each discussion will have a paper (chosen by the lecturer) along with questions they have chosen to help frame the discussion. Discussion Guidelines
Course Topic
Developmental biology is the study of how a genome gives rise to multiple cell types that appear at specified times and are organized in three-dimensional patterns. As such, it is an integrative science that has traditionally drawn heavily on anatomy, embryology, genetics and cell biology with emphasis on gene regulatory and cell-cell signaling mechanismss. Developmental biology is fundamentally tied to our understanding of evolutionary mechanisms as well as pathological and disease states.
Course organization
Although the course is broad in scope, it is intended to provide background for several key concepts and highlight experimental approaches commonly used to answer questions in developmental biology. We will have discussion sessions (Wednesday) along with the didactic lectures (Monday).
Course grade will be assigned based on participation. There will not be a test associated with the course.
Course schedule
Lectures: March 31 (3/31-5/19; Mondays, 1:30pm-3 pm, Rock Hall auditorium 102)
Simulcast: March 31 (3/31-5/19; Mondays, 1:30pm-3 pm, Parnassus S-161)
Lectures are recorded and can be viewed on the campus Video on Demand website. Links for the sessions so far are provided as they are made available:
3/31/08, 4/07/08. Please note all viewers will need to download the appropriate plug-in and media player.
| March 31- Didier Stainier | Introduction & Overview * *Expect a 15-minute delay, as Didier is hosting a student luncheon for Doctor Nicole Le Douarin, who will be speaking in the Mission Bay Lectures this day. Lecture for class will start at 1:45pm |
D. Stainier - "At the beginning of the first lecture, we will discuss the breadth of questions that fit under the developmental biology umbrella. Please take a few minutes before-hand to think about a few such questions." |
| April 7 - Pat O'Farrell | Symmetry Breaking: AP & DV Polarities | Lecture 2 |
| April 14 - Sandy Johnson | Gene Regulatory Mechanism & Evolution | Lecture 3 |
| April 21 - Pat O'Farrell | Segmentation Cascades | Lecture 4 |
| April 28 - Tom Kornberg | Organizing Center & Morphogens | Lecture 5 (when available) |
| May 5 - Gail Martin | Signaling Cascades | |
| May 12 - Wallace Marshall | Symmetry Breaking: L-R Axis Formation | |
| May 19 - Deepak Srivastava | Organ Development & Disease | |
| May 26 | HOLIDAY |
Additional files for download:
Date |
Paper |
Questions |
| April 16 | Discussion Paper 1Discussion Paper 2 News and Views 1News and Views 2Review |
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| April 23 | Discussion Questions | |
| April 30 | Discussion Questions | |
| May 7 | Paper 3 | Discussion Questions |
| May 14 | TBA | TBA |
| May 21 | TBA | TBA |
Wednesday Discussion: Rooms and Groups Discussion Guidelines
ROOMS |
DISCUSSION LEADERS / GROUP MEMBERS |
RH418B Mission Bay |
DISCUSSION LEADERS: Jeremy Reiter / Su Guo GROUP MEMBERS: Helen Hwang, Erica Moehle, Jacob Stewart-Ornstein , Ashley Acevedo, Monica Guo, Silvia Reich, Kai Chew |
GH-S536A Mission Bay |
DISCUSSION LEADERS: Barbara Panning / TAs GROUP MEMBERS: Diana Marina, Argenta Price, Colin Dinsmore, Erin Currie, Stacey Hanlon, Julie Vandermeer, George Masologites |
RH502 Mission Bay |
DISCUSSION LEADERS: Holly Ingraham / Ben Cheyette GROUP MEMBERS: David Staudt, Charles Runckel, Heather Eshleman, Linet Mera, Beth Cimini, Jan Lui, Jennifer Wade |
RH318B Mission Bay |
DISCUSSION LEADERS: John Rubenstein / Benoit Bruneau GROUP MEMBERS: Ellen Edenberg, Michael Schulte, Mark White, Ariel Gragnolati, Jessica Polka, Alex Mohapatra |
HSE-1285 Parnassus |
DUE TO LOW DEMAND, THE PARNASSUS DISCUSSION GROUP PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED WILL NOT BE OFFERED THIS SEMESTER. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. |
Course contacts:
Takashi Mikawa, Course Director Takashi.mikawa@ucsf.edu
Zach Thompson, Developmental Biology Program Coordinator, zach.thompson@ucsf.edu
Teaching Assistants: Anastasia Henry and Neil Sheehy