516-201 Cell Biology: Tissues and Organs

• Not available to students enrolled in BBiomedSc.

• Previously known as 516-201 Histology (prior to 2001), 516-201 Microanatomy: Cells and Tissues (2001).

• Students must register for practical classes by writing their name and preference (two alternative times will be available) on the sheets displayed outside Room E241 during Orientation Week (26 February to 2 March). A subject handbook, containing timetables, lecture outlines and practical notes, is available from the department during Orientation Week.

Biology 600-141 and 600-142

Subject-specific skills that will developed in this subject include the ability to:

• identify the range of cellular activities that are especially relevant to multicellular organisation;

• understand how external signals can lead to changes in gene expression and protein synthesis in cells;

• understand the basic ways that cells associate to form tissues;

• appreciate how the structural and functional properties of individual cells as well as cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions give each tissue its distinctive characteristics;

• understand how different tissue types are combined together to form organs and how organ function follows from the structure and function of their constituent tissues; and

• understand how cellular activities involved in the development, maintenance and function of tissues and organs are regulated by external signals.

These subject-specific skills will lay the groundwork for a wide variety of careers in basic and applied biomedical science, including stem cell research and therapeutic approaches to cancer and other human diseases.

Generic skills that will be fostered in this subject include:

• the development of generic analytical and problem-solving skills;

• collaborative learning in practical class groups; and

• the ability to integrate knowledge from disparate sources and at different levels of organisation.

Continuous assessment on both theory and practical work (30%) and a 2-hour examination at the end of semester (70%).

• B Alberts et al, Essential Cell Biology. 1998.
  or
  B Alberts et al, Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edn, 2002.

• L P Gartner and J L Hiatt, Colour Textbook of Histology. 2nd edn.