BIOL 230 - The Living Cell

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3 NS, WR

Course explores the vibrant activity of cells, ranging from intracellular shuttling of vesicles and organelles to locomotion of cells during events such as embryogenesis, cancer, or wound healing. To understand how this activity arises, the course studies the design and function of the involved proteins, as well as the signaling pathways orchestrating the activity. Involves each week two class meetings and one Cambridge-Oxford-style, small-group tutorial at which primary literature is discussed. Enrollment Limit: 16.
Instructor: T. Allen
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: (a) current or previous enrollment in Chem 102 or Chem 103; and (b) any one of the following: Biol 100, Biol 102, Biol 118, Biol 120 or equivalent.