Lectures related to Patterning Growing Organs

Embryonic Patterning: Bicoid Morphogen

Explores embryonic patterning with a focus on the Bicoid morphogen in Drosophila and its role in instructing cell fates.

Segmentation Clock: Cellular Oscillators and Pattern Generation

Explores the segmentation clock mechanism, cellular oscillators, synchronization, and pattern generation in somitogenesis.

Morphogenesis: Tissue-Level Phenomena

Explores tissue-level phenomena in morphogenesis, including cell sorting, migration, tissue boundaries, and morphogen gradients.

Cell Migration and Germ Cells

Explores cell migration mechanisms, germ cells, neural crest, placodes, and genome silencing.

Active Matter: Cell Dynamics and Modeling

Explores cell dynamics in active matter, focusing on motility, polarity, and signaling pathways in biological systems.

Neurodevelopment: Stages of Development MOOC: Neuroscience Reconstructed: Genetics and Brain Development

Explores the stages of neurodevelopment from induction to postnatal brain development, covering neural plate regionalization, neural tube closure, and fate commitment.

Maternal-to-zygotic Transition

Explores the Maternal-to-zygotic Transition in early embryos, discussing key factors and processes influencing development.

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Fine-grained Patterning: Lateral Inhibition

Explores the development of the vulva in C. elegans and the intricate signaling pathways involved in inducing and inhibiting gene expression.

Oxygen Consumption: Validation Calculations

Covers the validation calculations for oxygen consumption in Excel.

Tissue Patterning: Engineering Complex Organ Patterns

Explores tissue patterning, focusing on complex organ patterns through cell interactions and morphogen gradients.

Reservoirs and Dams: Hydraulic Construction and Sizing

Explores sizing reservoirs and dams using cumulative flow curves and tank dimensioning for dry and rainy periods.

Tissue-level Wave Patterns: Cellular Oscillators and Genetic Waves

Explores tissue-level wave patterns, cellular oscillators, genetic waves, and gene expression patterns in cellular differentiation.

Embryonic Induction: Spemann and Mangold

Explores embryonic induction through Spemann and Mangold's experiments, highlighting organizer roles, neural plate formation, and Activin as a morphogen.

Eco-Evo-Devo: Plasticity and Evolution

Discusses developmental plasticity, polyphenism, symbiosis, genetic assimilation, and Hox genes in evolution.

Developmental Biology: Morphogens and Cell Patterning

Delves into the role of morphogens in cell patterning and explores centrosome movement in cellular interactions.

Broken Symmetries in Living Matter

Delves into broken symmetries in living matter, focusing on time reversal, spatiotemporal, and chiral symmetry breaking.

Organoids: Model Systems in Tissue Engineering

Explores the development and applications of organoids in tissue engineering and disease modeling using miniature in vitro constructs.

Synthetic biology: molecular components and cellular engineering

Delves into synthetic biology, assembling molecular components for biological functions in living cells, including gene expression control and engineered receptor signaling.

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Explores gastrulation, embryonic germ layers formation, and neural plate development.