516-201 Cell Biology: Tissues and Organs

Not available to students enrolled in BBiomedSc.

Students must register for a practical class and purchase a practical manual (cost $10.00) during the first week of semester. Details of time and place for registration and manual purchase will be posted on Webraft.

Biology 650-141 and 650-142 (prior to 2004: 600-141 and 600-142).

Subject-specific skills that will be 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 regulate these activities;

• understand how the properties of tissues and organs arise from the properties of their constituent cells and their interactions;

• understand how cellular activities are regulated to ensure an orderly replacement of lost cells in the adult body; and

• understand how tissues and organs are first assembled during embryonic development and how these processes are regulated at the molecular level.

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;

• skills in observation and interpretation; and

• integration of seemingly disparate types of knowledge.

Ongoing assessment on theory and practical work during the semester (30%); 2-hour written examination in the examination period (70%).

• B Alberts et al, Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th Ed. 2002.

• LP Gartner and JL Hiatt, Colour Textbook of Histology. 2nd edn.