Course: Developmental Biology - Molecular Perspective

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Course title Developmental Biology - Molecular Perspective
Course code KMB/916
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kulich Ivan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Krejčí Alena, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Drutovic David, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Mozgová Iva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jindra Marek, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Bruce Alexander William, prof. Ph.D.
Course content
Content of lectures: Lecture 1 (Iva Mozgová): Developmental biology - evolution of multicellularity, historical perspective, tools and models Lecture 2 (Iva Mozgová and Ivan Kulich): Fundamental Mechanisms of Developmental Signaling in Plants and Animals Lecture 3 (Alena Krejčí): Drosophila development: Axis formation, developmental gene activation and basics of cell signalling Lecture 4 (Marek Jindra): Drosophila: Gene and pathway discovery and the genetic toolkit Lecture 5 (David Drutovic): Cell signalling during early mammalian development I Lecture 6 (Alex Bruce): Cell signalling during early mammalian development II Lecture 7 (Ivan Kulich): Embryogenesis and Body Plan Formation in Plants Lecture 8 (Ivan Kulich): Meristems and Post-Embryonic Development in Plants Lecture 9 (Iva Mozgová): Developmental Transitions and Environmental Impact Lecture 10 (Iva Mozgová): Evolutionary Innovations and Diversity in Plant Development Lecture 11 (Lecturers or Guest): Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Developmental Biology (Research Lecture)

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Class attendance - 33 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing understanding of general and organism-specific molecular mechanisms of developmental processes in multicellular organisms

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Requirements on student: 1. Student presentation (10 min) in the form of journal club: presentation of recent influential findings in developmental biology of selected (model) organism. 2. Exam: Oral or short answer written (min. 50 %).
Recommended literature
  • "Developmental Biology" by Scott Gilbert et al..
  • For presentation ("journal club"), students will choose original research articles in combination with review articles published within the last 5 years.
  • "Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Alberts et al..
  • "Molecular Cell Biology" by Lodish et al..
  • "Molecular Life of Plants" by Russel Jones et al..


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