Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Biology
Code	UE-SBL.00119
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Lecture
Level	Master
Semester	SA-2022

Title

French	Génétique moléculaire du développement d’organismes modèles
German	Molekulare Genetik der Entwicklung von Modellorganismen
English	Molecular genetics of model organism development

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Tuesday 15:15 - 17:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	2h par semaine durant 14 semaines
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Puoti Alessandro
Teachers	Puoti Alessandro Suter Beat
Description	Represents an overview on developmental biology, a central organizing discipline in biology that relates cell- and molecular biology, anatomy, ecology, evolution and medicine to each other. The course provides the basic conceptual background of the anatomical, experimental, genetic, cellular, molecular and biotechnical approaches to modern developmental biology. It integrates the discussion of the early development of several important model organisms into concise units that detail cleavage, gastrulation and axis formation simultaneously. Expermimental approaches include classical genetics, complementation, RNA interference, CRISPR-mediated gene editing, transgenesis and more.
Training objectives	This lecture is an introduction into some of the most popular animal model systems used for the study of development. These include Xenopus laevis, Mouse, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorahbditis elegans and Zebrafish. Through this lecture, the student will understand the value of different technical approaches that are being used for the study of development. Further emphasis will be on presenting key experiments and results obtained with each system. Topics may vary from year to year but are likely to include transcriptional, translational, post-translational and epigenetic control of gene expression.
Comments	Some lectures will be held in Bern, Institute of Cell Biology, Baltzerstrasse 4, Room C161 Some lectures will be given in Fribourg, VIL01, room of TP. The first seven weeks of the semester are in Fribourg. A detailed schedule will be distributed at the beginning of the lecture series.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Oral exam - SA-2022, Session d'hiver 2023

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Oral exam, 20 min. One mark.

Oral exam - SP-2023, Autumn Session 2023

Date	11.09.2023 10:00 - 10:20
Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Oral exam, 20 min. One mark.