Module 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 fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Molecular Life Science 2024, optional subject, life sciences
  • Bachelor MLS 2018, optional subject, life sciences
  • Bachelor MLS 2016, optional subject, life sciences

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:

Literature:

  • Wolpert : Principles of Development

Language:

  • offered only in German

Last Updated:

11.03.2025