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Cell Biology
BIO361
Fall 2011
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Lewis and Clark Department of Biology |
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Class: T, Th; 11:30 AM-1 PM in Howard 260
Lab: Wed 1-4 PM in Blue Lab
Office Hours: Mon noon-1 PM, Fri 9:30-10:30 PM, by appointment, and when my door is open |
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Instructor: Greg Hermann
Office: Bio-Psych 226
Phone: x7568
Email: hermann@lclark.edu |
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Lewis and Clark College
Lewis and Clark Department of Biology
Lewis and Clark Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
BIO 200
BIO 361
BIO 412
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A model for the function of the HOPS complex in membrane dynamics (Plemel et al. 2011 Molec. Biol. Cell 22:1353-1363). Students in BIO361 perform original research investigating the role of the these proteins in C. elegans lysosome formation. |
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| Welcome to the field of biology that aims to understand the structure and function of the fundamantal unit of life - the cell. In this course our study of cells will consider five major unanswered questions in the field: (1) How are organelles made? (2) How do cells move? (3) How do organisms control their cell number? (4) How do cells communicate? (5) What mechanisms cause cancer? In considering our current answers to these questions we will integrate microscopic, biochemical, genetic, molecular, and systems approaches to the study of cells. We will discuss some of the hypotheses, experiments, and results that have led to our current (and only partially complete) answers to these questions. We will read and discuss primary literature articles that investigate how pathogens co-opt these normal cellular processes. Our own studies of cell biology will focus on understanding how an organelle, the lysosome, is constructed in the model organism C. elegans. |
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