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Cheney. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 231/BIBB 231/PSYC 131. This course considers the sorts of knowledge that animals have of their environment, their location in space, and their conspecifics. How do different animal species remember where food is located or find their way home What is the adaptive significance of recognizing other individuals' social relationships or dominance ranks The behavior of animals from a variety of different taxa is considered, ranging from invertebrates to apes. Emphasis is placed on animals living under natural conditions, though some research on learning and memory in captive animals is also discussed.
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Ren. Prerequisite(s): A year of introductory biology or equivalent. This course is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in molecular physiology of sensory signal transduction. The major topics to cover will be signal transduction mechanisms used by membrane ion channels and receptors that detect the sensory stimuli (light, sound, temperature and tastes, for example) and transmit the signals to the nervous system. Modern molecular/structural techniques (patch clamp, protein crystallization, molecular genetics, expression cloning and protein purification) will be introduced along with each topic. References will be primary research articles. Students will critically evaluate research discoveries by reading and presenting one to two original research papers. Each student is required to write a 10-page research proposal and to critique proposals written by fellow students.
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Rome. Prerequisite(s): 1 year physics, 1 year chemistry, and BIOL 215 or 251. The course will focus on muscle function from the level of molecules to whole animal locomotion. At each level of organization, muscle function will be explored from mechanical and energetic viewpoints. The course will include lectures, demonstrations, and several guest expert lectures. Students will also be introduced to realistic musculoskeletal modelling and forward dynamic simulations to explore integrated function.
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Natural Science & Mathematics Sector. Class of 2010 and beyond. Janzen. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Advanced version of BIOL 140: Humans and the Environment. Additional readings and course work as directed.
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Abel/Muzzio. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 251/BIBB 251 and PSYC 1, or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the current state of our knowledge about the neurobiological basis of learning and memory. A combination of lectures and student seminars will explore the molecular and cellular basis of learning in invertebrates and vertebrates from a behavioral and neural perspective.
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Plotkin. Prerequisite(s): MATH 104 or equivalent; or permission of instructor. Introductory probability theory. Principles of statistical methods. Problems of estimation and hypothesis testing in biology and related areas.
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Manning. Prerequisite(s): Biol 202. Principles of Drug Action covers the concepts of pharmacological sciences as they relate to biochemistry, cell biology, and drug therapy. The intent of the course is to provide a solid grounding in targets of drug action, dose-response relationships, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics. The grounding is achieved by a discussion of these concepts explicitly and, through selected examples, implicitly. The first part of the course covers each of the concepts. Emphasis is placed on the integration with principles of cell biology and biochemistry. The second part of the course covers selected therapeutic applications. The applications chosen fall within four areas: cardiovascular, brain and behavior, antipyretic and antiinflammatory, and antimicrobial. They are used to recapitulate important concepts and provide insight into the interplay between pharmacology and human physiology. The applications and the areas they represent are by no means comprehensive, but students will be able to pursue additional interests through papers.
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Rhoads/Block. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 or 124 or permission of instructor. Lab fee $150. Plant Systematics is a study of diversity in the flowering plants emphasizing evolutionary relationships. _Learn how DNA sequence data have revolutionized the interpretation of plant evolution by providing direct evidence of phylogenetic relationships._ Each class will combine lecture and lab sessions where plant samples will be examined._ The course includes a field trip to Bartram s Garden.
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Schmidt, M./Medina. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 251/BIBB 251 and permission of instructor. This course will investigate neural processing at the systems level. Principles of how brains encode information will be explored in both sensory (e.g. visual, auditory, olfactory, etc.) and motor systems. Neural encoding strategies will be discussed in relation to the specific behavioral needs of the animal. Examples will be drawn from a variety of different model systems.
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McShea. Prerequisite(s): Previous field experience and introductory statistics recommended. Course will be taught at the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation & Research Center adjacent to Shenandoah National Park just outside Front Royal, Virginia in January (preparatory lectures at Penn) and March (field work at CRC). Students must pre-register. Prepayment of transportation and living expenses required. Students should be prepared for strenuous, extended field work under varied weather conditions. The main focus of this course is to provide an overview of techniques used by conservation biologists and wildlife managers. The emphasis is on field work and most of each day will be spent outside attempting to collect real data on real organisms. The general topics covered will be survey techniques for forest birds, small mammals, white-tailed deer, and vegetation. A brief introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems is also included. Each topic will start with an introductory lecture the night before and then field work during the day.
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