Developmental Biology Lab

1 Credit · Level: Undergraduate

The Developmental Biology Laboratory aims to supplement what students are learning in the Developmental Biology course(BIOL-3730). We will be utilizing zebrafish for this laboratory course because this model organism provides unparalleled access for visualizing vertebrate development and ease of experimental manipulation. Embryonic development will be carefully observed with an emphasis on the molecular and cellular events driving this amazing process, as well as, assessing the conservation and divergence of these processes throughout the animal kingdom. Genetic mechanisms and the influence of environmental chemicals on animal development will be experimentally tested by students. The results of these experiments will be analyzed, interpreted, and communicated through written and oral student presentations. Students’ ability to integrate and communicate new knowledge in developmental biology, derived from experimentation, will be developed through writing a research article, fit for publication