Courses
CDB 680: Organogenesis of Complex Tissues
FALL, 2008
"CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN ORGANOGENESIS"
8:30 - 10:00 AM, Tuesdays & Thursdays (Beginning on Tuesday, September 2)
Course Director & Stem Cell Unit Coordinator: Deborah L. Gumucio, Ph.D.
Heart Unit Coordinator: Zhe Han, Ph.D.
For Fall 2008, the course will be structured as a single 4-credit module: "Cell Signaling Pathways in Organogenesis". The course will cover a variety of organs and tissues, and will include specific units on heart and on stem cells. We will focus on the role of cell signaling pathways, including Wnt, Hedgehog, Notch, and several others in these biological systems.
Course objectives are: a) to provide students with a current, in-depth, multidisciplinary view of the processes of organogenesis: b) to highlight target areas of future research; c) to read and discuss significant papers in the field; and d) to practice the design and preparation of a research grant by writing a "miniproposal".
The course will cover multiple aspects of organogenesis, including: morphological and molecular events underlying organ formation; in vitro and in vivo experimental systems; parallel pathways for organ formation in various model organisms; adult organ structure and pathology; organ regeneration/repair; stem cell systems: cell and tissue engineering; and carcinogenesis.
More information will be available in the near future. Please go to http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/organo/courses.htm for updates.