Introduction to Laboratory Research in Neuronal Cell Biology

This course provides an authentic research experience where you will study the consequences of disease-related mutations in a neuronal kinesin (KIF1A). You will evaluate scientific arguments; make discoveries by generating, testing, and revising hypotheses; communicate findings to others through oral and poster presentations; and build confidence in yourselves as scientific thinkers. To do so, you will use behavioral, genetic, and cell biological tools to assay how KIF1A mutations affect C. elegans neurons, and connect your findings to clinical severity. Completed or co-requisite in introductory courses in cell and molecular biology ( BIO 82 and 83 or HUMBIO 2A and 3A) and ( CHEM 31A and 31B or CHEM 31M).