? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-DBexpsys

Isolating genes important in development in Drosophila, Zebrafish, Mouse); Drosophila imaginal disks and gonadal development; Whole animal models (transplantation, chimeras); Culture models (cell, tissue, organ cultures; Manipulation of Gene expression RNAi; Genetic manipulation of animal cells; Stem cells

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Normally Developmental Biology 3 is required or concurrent attendance at Concepts in Developmental Biology.

? Costs : Notepads

Home subject area

Developmental Biology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 09:00 09:50 KB Lecture Monday 11:10 12:00 KB

Increased understanding of Biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

Exam, week 12, Semester 1

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Donna Wright
Tel : (0131 6)51 7051
Email : Donna.Wright@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Peter Doerner
Tel : (0131 6)50 7080
Email : Peter.Doerner@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/