Principles of Cell Biology

CELLBIO 201 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

CELLBIO 201 is a graduate level course in which students examine fundamental concepts and methodologies in cell biology with faculty from the field. Through content lectures, methods lectures, student presentations, and discussion sections, students will explore a broad range of topics including: the cytoskeleton, protein folding and quality control, the ubiquitin-proteasome system, autophagy, protein translocation across membranes, vesicular trafficking, organelle biology, chromosome organization, epigenetics, cell cycle regulation, and signal transduction.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Evaluate primary scientific literature from a broad range of topics in cell biology
• Identify current questions in cell biology and the evolving approaches used to address those questions
• Design appropriate experimental approaches to address hypotheses related to cell biology
• Analyze and effectively present experimental datasets produced from modern instrumentation
   

Course Notes

Focus on current paradigms and approaches in cell biology. The structure of this course also includes a discussion component. Any additional details about this component will be provided by the course faculty.

Recommended Prep

Introductory knowledge in biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology.