Advanced Animal Biology (動物生物學特論)
Course coordinator: Dr. Pinwen Chiou (邱品文)
Date: Begin on 9/13/2010
Time: 14:00-17:00 (Monday)
Place: A236, AT building
Credits: 3 (core)
Objectives of the course:
This course focuses on: 1) Detection and response to environmental stimuli in animals; 2) Animal
genetics, epigenetics and genetic manipulation; 3) Animal development and evolution; 4) Marine
biology and biodiversity; 5) Diseases and disease models
Syllabus
Date
Topic
9/13
Microbial sensing of animal cells
Pinwen P Chiou
9/20
Sensory biology of animals
Hong Young Yan
9/27
Molecular biology of pain
Chih-Cheng Chen
10/4
Cold adaptation in ectodermic fish
10/11
Biodiversity and ecology of the intertidal communities
10/18 The mystery of coral reproduction
10/25 Developmental gene evolution and the origin of animal forms
Speaker
Cho-Fat Hui
Benny K.K. Chan
Ching-Fong Chang
Jr-Kai Yu
11/1
Gene regulatory network in development
11/8
GI tract development in zebrafish
*Mid-term exam (take-home exam)
Sheng-Ping L.
Hwang
11/15
Chromatin structure in development
Cheng-Fu Kao
11/22
The induction and consequences of aneuploidy
11/29
The cell biology of gamma-secretase and Alzheimer’s disease
Yung-Feng Liao
12/6
Viral diseases in grouper
Chi-Yao Chang
12/13 Application of antimicrobial peptides in aquatic and medical
Yi-Hsien Su
Ling-Huei Yi
Jyh-Yih Chen
research
12/20 Tumor biology and targeted therapy for cancer
12/27 Genetic manipulation of mouse
1/3
Zebrafish research model for biomedical and aquacultural
biotechnology
1/10
Final exam
Han-Chung Wu
Yu-Ting Yan
Jen-Leih Wu