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MCB 231
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Jan 16 Overview of key DB concepts/terms, syllabus & information HO
SLA
Th
Jan 18 Overview of key signaling pathways, signaling HO
SLA
F
Jan 19 Discussion section organizational meeting SLA




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Jan 23 Hemichordates and chordates: AP axis JG
Th
Jan 25 Hemichordates and chordates: DV axis JG
F
Jan 26 Discussion: Dorsoventral patterning in hemichordates: Insights into early chordate evolution
jg/SD




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Jan 30 Sea urchin development, extra reading
FW
Th
Feb 1 Gene regulatory networks in sea urchin embryos FW
F
Feb 2
Discussion: Repression of mesodermal fate by foxa, a key endoderm regulator of the sea urchin embryo
fw/JL




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Feb 6
Asymmetric cell division GG
Th
Feb 8
Cell migration and axon guidance
GG
F
Feb 9 Discussion: Wnt signals can function as positional cues in establishing cell polarity
gg/KH




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Feb 13 Regulation of growth during development, notes
IH
Th
Feb 15 Patterning at the level of single cells - the Drosophila eye, notes
IH
F
Feb 16 Discussion: Regulation of cell proliferation by a morphogen gradient
ih/MG




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Feb 20 Classical experiments in amphibian embryology, extra reading
RMH
Th
Feb 22 Signaling pathways in Xenopus embryos, movie links
RMH
F
Feb 23 Discussion: Maternal Wnt1 activates the canonical Wnt signaling pathway require for axis formation in Xenopus embryos
rmh/NH




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Feb 27 Xenopus Spemann's Organizer, neural induction and patterning RMH
Th
Mar 1
Morphogenesis: gastrulation and neurulation in frog
RMH
F
Mar 2 Discussion: Integrin alpha-5-beta-1 and fibronectin regulate polarize cell protrusions require for Xenopus convergence and extension
rmh/CM




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Mar 6
Mouse: early development and morphogenesis RMH
Th
Mar 8
Mouse: the head organizer and the node RMH
F
Mar 9 Discussion: Cell fate decision within the mouse organizer are governed by graded Nodal signals
rmh/PG&DN
F
Mar 9
Assignment #1 due before 5 pm




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Mar 13 Segmentation of the Drosophila embryo ML
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Mar 15 Dorsal-ventral patterning and gastrulation in Drosophila ML
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Mar 16 Discussion: A self-organizing system of repressor gradients establishes segmental complexity in Drosophila
ml/DR




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Mar 20 Dorsal-ventral patterning and gastrulation in Drosophila, continued ML
Th
Mar 22 Homeotic genes in Drosophila and other arthropods ML
F
Mar 23 Discussion: A core transcriptional network for early mesoderm development in Drosophila melanogaster
ml/MW




M-F, Mar 26-30, SPRING BREAK




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Apr 3 Gene regulatory networks in flies ML
Th
Apr 5 OPEN
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Apr 6 Discussion (may be rescheduled) ?




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Apr 10 Hematopoiesis and Lymphocyte Development MS
Th
Apr 12 Immunity in Organisms without Lymphocytes MS
F
Apr 13 Discussion: Assemling a gene regulatory network for specification of the B cell fate
Background: PU.1 regulates expression of the Interleukin-7 receptor in lyphoid progenitors
ms/AM




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Apr 17
Structure and Function of the Stem Cell Niche AW
Th
Apr 19 Neurogenesis in the Central Nervous System AW
F
Apr 20 Discussion: Postnatal deletion of Numb/Numblike reveals repair and remodeling capacity in the subventricular neurogenic niche
Assignment: Assignment #2
aw/AC




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Apr 24 Early zebrafish development SLA
Th
Apr 26 Zebrafish mesoderm development and axis formation SLA
F
Apr 27 Discussion: Differential regulation of germline mRNAs in soma and germ cells by zerbrafish miR-430 & Supplimental Data
sla/RR




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Apr 9
Assignment #2 due by 10 am (or earlier)

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May 1 Vertebrate mesodermal segmentation; Somite patterning
SLA
Th
May 3
D-V patterning of the neural tube; Neural crest
SLA
F
May 4
Discussion 
sla/JE&AS