Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Jonathan T. Ting
NBIO 450
Seattle Campus

Current Research Literature in Neurobiology

Weekly journal club in neurobiology. Students read and discuss original research articles in neurobiology, centered around a specific topic each quarter. Credit/no-credit only. Prerequisite: BIOL 220.

Class description

This section of the Undergraduate Neurobiology Journal Club will focus on the most recent advances in the imaging of synapses that have led to provacative and important discoveries in Neuroscience. The course will cover 4 main topics: (1) History of imaging synapses, (2) Electron Microscopy for 3-dimensional reconstructions of synapses, (3) FM dye-based imaging of functional release sites, and (4) Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins for in vivo imaging applications.

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Modified:May 17, 2013