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Lecturer(s)
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Kulich Ivan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Krejčí Alena, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Drutovic David, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Mozgová Iva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jindra Marek, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Bruce Alexander William, prof. Ph.D.
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Course content
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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)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Class attendance
- 33 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 12 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims at providing understanding of general and organism-specific molecular mechanisms of developmental processes in multicellular organisms
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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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 %).
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Recommended literature
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"Developmental Biology" by Scott Gilbert et al..
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For presentation ("journal club"), students will choose original research articles in combination with review articles published within the last 5 years.
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"Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Alberts et al..
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"Molecular Cell Biology" by Lodish et al..
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"Molecular Life of Plants" by Russel Jones et al..
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