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Modul LS2808-KP04

Developmental biology in vivo and in vitro (EntwBio)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


4
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Bachelor Molecular Life Science 2024 (optional subject), life sciences, 4th or 6th semester
  • Bachelor MLS 2018 (optional subject), life sciences, 4th semester
  • Bachelor MLS 2016 (optional subject), life sciences, 4th semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Entwicklungsbiologie in vitro und in vivo (seminar / exercises, 3 SWS)
Workload:
  • 45 Hours in-classroom work
  • 75 Hours private studies
Contents of teaching:
  • Cultivation of adult stem cells from various vertebrates (subject to availability)
  • Differentiation of adult stem cells by cultivation modification and their analysis
  • Characterization of differentiated cell types by expression analysis of marker genes
  • Comparison of in vitro cell differentiation with differentiated cells in adult tissue
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Students are able to list basic priciples of cell differentiation and to explain how to characterize differentiated cells
  • Students are able to explain what stem cells are and which differences exist between somatic and embryonic stem cells
Grading through:
  • protocols
Responsible for this module:
Teachers:
Literature:
  • Wolpert: Principles of Development
Language:
  • offered only in German
Letzte Änderung:
11.3.2025