Unit information: The Dynamic Cell in 2008/09

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Unit name The Dynamic Cell
Unit code BIOCM0003
Credit points 15
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Nobes
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Biochemistry
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

The Unit consists of 16 lectures that will cover a variety of topics within the general area of intracellular dynamics and cell motility. The Unit will begin with a series of lectures that introduce the general area of research and a variety of relevant experimental techniques. These will be followed by lectures that explore the movement of proteins and organelles within cells and the movement of cells themselves.