Ultrastructural Anatomy of the Cell

3 cr · Graduate

This course provides students with an overview of the most recent knowledge on sub-cellular structures present in human cells, including organelles, membranes, and the cytoskeleton, along with their function under homeostasis and selected pathology. With this advanced knowledge, students will learn how these different sub-cellular structures communicate with one another intracellularly, and between cells, and how the activity of these structures become specialized to fulfill the needs of diverse tissue types of the human body. Throughout the course, common cellular and molecular laboratory techniques will be introduced to students during lectures and discussion that include how to visualize sub-cellular structures or track their dynamic activity. Students from outside of HACS require the course leaders’/instructor’s permission.