Spring 2005

Bio210 Developmental Genetics (Dev Bio 210)

Class: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:50, McGaugh Hall, Rm. 4248

Course coordinator: Kavita Arora (karora@uci.edu)

Instructors: Drs. Kavita Arora, Ken Cho, Xing Dai, Tom Schilling and Paul Vrana

Reference Textbook: Developmental Biology, 6th Edition by S. Gilbert

Date

Instructor

Subject

4/5

Arora

Introduction to developmental genetics and embryonic axis specification in Drosophila

4/7

Arora

Strategies for establishing morphogen gradients in Drosophila-I

4/12

Arora

Strategies for establishing morphogen gradients in Drosophila-II

4/14

Arora

Strategies for establishing morphogen gradients in Drosophila-III

4/19

Arora

Tools for forward and reverse genetics in Drosophila-I

4/21

Arora

Tools for forward and reverse genetics in Drosophila-II

4/26

Schilling

Zebrafish genetics I: body axis formation

4/28

Schilling

Zebrafish genetics II: patterning the nervous system

5/3

Schilling

Zebrafish genetics III: the neural crest

5/5

Schilling

Zebrafish genetics IV: hematopoiesis and stem cells

5/10

Schilling

Patterning the vertebrate body plan

5/12

Dai

Introduction to mouse development and genetics

5/17

Dai

Transgenic approaches in mice - I

5/19

Dai

Transgenic approaches in mice- II

5/24

Vrana

Stem cells, Cloning, epigenetics, genomic imprinting

5/26

Vrana

X chromosome inactivation and mammalian sex determination

6/1

Vrana

TBA

6/3

Student presentation (case studies)

6/8

Student presentation (case studies)

6/10

Student presentation (case studies)