BIO 650 - Current Studies in Cell Biology I

A review and study of the recent and current literature on the structure, ultrastructure, and functioning of eucaryotic cells. Reprints and original copies of papers from Nature, Science, Proc Am. Acad. Sci., J. Cell Biol., J. Cell Physiol., and other scholarly journals, are studied and discussed as extensions, modifications or refutations of current theory in cell biology. The course concentrates on the plasma membrane and the cytoplasmic vacuolar system, including endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, Iysosomes, and peroxisomes.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in the Summer