Instructor(s): Staff

Research experience in the laboratory of DSCB faculty members. Rotations will be six weeks each (two in one term and one in another). Students can select the laboratory of any faculty member within the DSCB Graduate Program.

Instructor(s): Dan Wagner, Todd Nystul

Participation in the Developmental Biology Journal Club and Stem Cell Biology Journal Club, which cover current research publications in developmental and stem cell biology. Each student must contribute regularly and present a research paper on at least one occasion per quarter. Presentations will be evaluated by fellow students, postdocs, and faculty. Course culminates with an annual student-run Symposium.

Instructor(s): Brian Black

Seminar series covering research in developmental and stem cell biology. Each student must participate regularly and presentations will be critically reviewed by students in group discussions under supervision by faculty or guest lecturers.

Instructor(s): Todd Nystul, Dan Wagner

An integrated overview, divided into three modules, of the essential biostatistical ideas and tools needed to work as a biomedical researcher. The first two modules include an overview of statistics theory, instruction in data organization best practices, quantitative image analysis, and data presentation. The third module will introduce Python programming and provide an introduction into analysis of large genomic datasets, including bulk RNAseq data and single cell RNAseq data.

Instructor(s): Staff

Dissertation research in a Developmental & Stem Cell Biology (DSCB) laboratory.

Instructor(s): Seyedeh Faranak Fattahi

A course emphasizing the fundamental concepts of stem cell biology and development. The interrelated themes of pluripotency, differentiation, organogenesis, regeneration, patterning and morphogenesis will be approached through the lens of the organism, with emphasis on what different model systems teach us about the evolution of development. It will comprise case studies organized in coordinated mini-units, through which concepts, cellular behaviors and molecular mechanisms will be explored.

Instructor(s): Staff

Course offerings will focus on literature of a current important area of Development & Stem Cell biology research. Students will be expected to read assigned papers critically before class and to present and discuss papers in class. Students will also be expected to write and/or present a brief research proposal based upon their reading.