Course Overview

A goal of this course is to understand several important topics about animal developmental biology. Lectures in this course particularly focus on sex determination, gametogenesis, metamorphosis, axis specification, neural development, and diseases.

Learning Achievement

A goal of this course is to understand several important topics about animal developmental biology. Lectures in this course particularly focus on sex determination, gametogenesis, metamorphosis, axis specification, neural development, and diseases. The lectures will be held in English.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

You are asked to submit reports by each faculty member. Your grade will be evaluated by a sum of scores of these reports.
Contents, submission deadlines, and other important information will be indicated by each faculty member.

Course schedule

This course will be taught by 7 faculty members.
Lecture will be held by on-line, on-site, or both. Each faculty will announce the style on Manabe or MS Teams prior to the lecture.
Chapter numbers below are from the reference textbook.
Sex Determination and Gametogenesis I (Corresponding to Chapter 6) (Satoru Kobayashi)
Sex Determination and Gametogenesis II (Corresponding to Chapter 6) (Satoru Kobayashi)
Stem cells (Corresponding to Chapter 5) (Yoshiki Hayashi)
Sex Determination and Gametogenesis (Corresponding to Chapter 6) (Makoto Hayashi)
Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of Development (Corresponding to Chapter 21) (Naoki Okamoto)
Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of Development (Corresponding to Chapter 21) (Yasunori Sasakura)
Neural Tube Formation and Patterning (Corresponding to Chapter 13) (Yuko Shimada)
Development in Health and Disease: Birth Defects, Endocrine Disruptors, and Cancer (Corresponding to Chapter 23) (Ryusuke Niwa)
Rapid Specification in Snails and Nematodes (Corresponding to Chapter 8) (Shunsuke Yaguchi)
Sea Urchins and Tunicates: Deuterostome Invertebrates (Corresponding to Chapter 10) (Shunsuke Yaguchi)

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Niwa Ryusuke,Kobayashi Satoru,Sasakura Yasunori,Yaguchi Shunsuke,HAYASHI YOSHIKI,HAYASHI MAKOTO,shimada yuko,okamoto naoki

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