BIO312: Development and physiology lab

        [Cr:4, Lc:0, Tt:0, Lb:12]

Course Outline

• The students will develop the skill of designing and performing experiments that would help them understand some fundamental concepts in Developmental Biology and Physiology. The choice of model organisms to be used for these experiments is up to the discretion of the instructor.
• An outline of some of the aspects that can be explored is as follows:
  1. Cleavage patterns.
  2. Segmentation during embryonic development; Reporter gene expression; mutant phenotypes.
  3. Master regulators in cell fate specifications.
  4. Pattern formation in developing tissues Programmed.
  5. Cell Death and tissue sculpturing Role of niche and stem cells in tissue regeneration.
  6. Regulation of Skeletal/Cardiac Muscle Contraction.
  7. Generation of action potential; neuronal propagation and synaptic transmission.