Reproductive Research Laboratory I

1 Unit · Graduate

This course is specifically designed to lead students through a hypothesis driven, discovery based investigation of current research questions in reproductive science including but not limited to: factors important to reproductive organ development, factors or substances that affect reproductive organ development and function, signaling pathways important to reproductive organ function, and molecular pathways implicated in reproductive disease. Each quarter, students will participate in a group-based laboratory research project that offers an introduction to research project design, experimental methods and techniques, effective data management and analysis, and the presentation of their accumulated work. Students will explore the use of different experimental techniques as they design their research projects and assess the utilization of these techniques to test the hypotheses they will generate during the quarter. To enhance understanding and application, students are encouraged to explore a range of techniques important to investigating current research in reproductive biology including but not limited to molecular biology and gene expression, cell culture techniques, protein biochemistry, immunohistochemistry, and microscopy. REPR_SCI 405-0 , REPR_SCI 407-0 , and REPR_SCI 425-0 are pre-requisites for this course.