Course Identification

Open Questions in Developmental Genetics
20213442

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Eyal Schejter, Prof. Benny Shilo, Dr. Meital Oren-Suissa, Prof. Talila Volk
Tslil Braun, Dr. Lena Sapozhnikov, Sharon Ben-Hur, Dr. Karen Fridman Talmon

Course Schedule and Location

2021
Second Semester
Sunday, 09:15 - 12:00, Belfer, Botnar Auditorium
21/03/2021
09/07/2021

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points

Comments

The course will consist of lectures and weekly exercises. Timely submission of 70% of exercises will be a pre-requisite for taking the exam. The exam will be with open notebooks.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

90

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

13/06/2021
Wolfson Auditorium
0900-1200
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Scheduled date 2

27/06/2021
Wolfson Auditorium
0900-1200
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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1.5

Syllabus

How does the genetic material dictate pattern formation during embryonic and post-embryonic development? Research over the past three decades has revolutionized our understanding of embryonic development in a wide range of multicellular organisms. This knowledge allows us now to address the seminal issues of pattern formation in a deep and comprehensive manner. This new understanding can be coupled to a wide range of technologies that became available, such as high-resolution live imaging, targeted mutagenesis, and single-cell analysis. The course will review the universal principles that were uncovered, mostly through genetic analyses, and present the ways in which this information can now be coupled to the new technologies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

Gain a general knowledge in basic genetics and molecular biology will allow to appreciate the new aspects the course will provid

The course is expected to acquante the students with a new way of thinking about biological problems, by focusing on the whole organism. While a wide range of molecular approaches will be discussed, the final and critical assays are always carried out within the whole organism. To allow the students to adjust to this approach, the course also includes weekly exercises that will be solved in class after their submission. The format of the exam with open notebooks will be similar to the exercises, and will require a creative and critical analysis of information that will be provided.

Reading List

N/A

Website

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