General description |
Cell biology as a current discipline has grown and matured significantly so that its conceptual boundaries are often diffuse and difficult to define. Thus, Cytology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Physiology cell overlap in many respects. In fact, any substantial advance in either of these areas involves using methodologies typified as specific in one or more areas.
This course focuses on the structure and function of cellular components with a holistic view of the interactions between these components to ensure proper functioning of the cell. We realize that it is not possible to cover in a single course all the continuous advances in depth, so we selected aspects of current relevance to give an idea of the complexity underlying cellular processes.
Since this is an advanced course, it is assumed that students have basic knowledge of cell biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. |