Handouts: (will be added as the course proceeds)

Professor Nipam Patel

Professor Patel's slides from last year available here

Lecture 1, Jan 20, Tu. Overview of principles I.
powerpoint show (21MB) slides pdf

Lecture 2, Jan 22, Th. Overview of principles II.
powerpoint show (16MB) slides pdf

Lecture 3, Jan 27, Tu. Drosophila embryogenesis. Dorsal-ventral patterning.
"The Demise of Bill" powerpoint show (16MB) slides pdf

Lecture 4, Jan 29, Th. Segmentation I.
powerpoint show (20MB) slides pdf

Lecture 5, Feb 3, Tu. Segmentation II.
powerpoint show (23MB) slides pdf

Lecture 6, Feb 5, Th. Homeosis I.
powerpoint show slides pdf

Lecture 7, Feb 10, Tu. Appendages.
powerpoint show slides pdf

Lecture 8, Feb 12, Th. Homeosis II.

powerpoint show slides pdf

Lecture 9, Feb 17, Tu. Review.

powerpoint show slides pdf


Professor John Gerhart

Lecture 11, Feb 24, Tu. Chordates and vertebrates: defining traits, outline of amphibian development, comparison to Drosophila.
powerpoint handout

Lecture 12, Feb 26, Th. Amphibian development: fate maps; discovery of Spemann’s organizer.
powerpoint handout

Lecture 13, Mar 03, Tu. Oogenesis; Cytoplasmic localizations in the amphibian egg
powerpoint handout

Lecture 14, Mar 05, Th. Cortical rotation and axis formation
handout
(no powerpoint)

Lecture 15, Mar 10, Tu. Endo-mesoderm induction
handout

powerpoint (material applies to 3/5 & 3/10)

Lecture 16, Mar 12, Th. Gastrulation
powerpoint handout

Lecture 17, Mar 17, Tu. Inductions by the Organizer
powerpoint handout

Lecture 18, Mar 19, Th. Chick development, extraembryonic development
powerpoint handout

Lecture 19, Mar 31, Tu. Chick development continued; early mammalian development
powerpoint handout

Lecture 20, Apr 02, Th. Early mammalian development continued
powerpoint handout

Professor Richard Harland

Professor Harland's notes from 2007 available here

Note: slides will be provided as protected pdf's, so you will be able to look at them and link to the movies, but you will not be able to print them.

Lecture 22, Apr 9, Th.    Mammalian gastrulation
notes slides

Lecture 23, Apr 14, Tu.    Neurulation
notes

Lecture 24, Apr 16, Th.    Spinal cord
notes

Lecture 25, Apr 21, Tu.    Somites
notes

Lecture 26, Apr 23, Th.   The neural crest and placodes (lecture by Prof. Gerhart)
notes slides

Lecture 27, Apr 28, Tu.   Muscle and axial identity
notes

Lecture 28, April 30, Th.   The limb
notes slides

Lecture 29, May 05, Tu.   Axon guidance
notes

Lecture 30, May 07, Th.   Organogenesis of the kidney
notes slides

MCB141

Lecture:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00–12:30 PM
105 Northgate

Discussion Sections:

• Section 103
Tuesdays 1:00–2:00 PM
79 Dwinelle (Jess)

• Section 101
Wednesdays 2:00–3:00 PM
234 Dwinelle (Jess)

• Section 102
Wednesdays 3:00–4:00 PM
79 Dwinelle (Alberto)

• Section 104
Thursdays 1:00–2:00 PM
209 Dwinelle (Alberto)