BIOL 30500 - Cell Physiology

Course Credit: 1
(B&MB, BCMB,NEUR)
CELL PHYSIOLOGY This course focuses on the cellular and molecular basis for complex physiological processes such as aging, disease pathologies, tissue formation and maintenance, and intracellular communication. Specific concepts covered include, signal transduction, membrane biology, cell division, maintaining cellular organization, and motility. The laboratory will include student-led investigations, using model organisms to explore complex cellular processes. Three lectures and one laboratory/discussion section a week. Recommended: BIOL-30500L Prerequisite(s): CHEM-11200 (minimum grade C-) and BIOL-20100 (minimum grade C-) or permission of the instructor. Annually.