The goal of CBIO 312: Introduction to Developmental Biology (aka:  Boot Camp) is to provide beginning graduate students with hands-on experience investigating the model organisms studied in developmental biology laboratories across our campus. With didactic lectures, laboratory and clinical observation, and simple experimentation, we hope to reveal both reoccurring patterns of embryogenesis and species-specific variation in morphogenesis.  Students will acquire the basic tools needed to compare and contrast early development in amphibians, fish, birds, and mammals (maybe even some reptilian embryos too) as well as understanding the basic mechanisms of insect embryogenesis.
 
Class will run every Tuesday and Thursday from June 4th through August 5th.  All lectures and labs will be held in 3264 MRBIII from 10-11:30 am unless otherwise noted*. 

*NOTE:  Because this is a hands-on course and embryos do not understand class schedules, there will be times when you will be asked to attend the laboratory at odd hours (i.e. not 10-11:30, Tu/Th).  

Since reading is such an integral part of a scientist's life each student will be provided with their own copy of Theodore W. Torrey's 'Morphogenesis of the Vertebrates'. Additional textbooks and reference materials that would make excellent additions to any developmental biologist's library can be found at the Boot Camp 'Did You Know?' page.  

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