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Cells and Development (CELL0007)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Life Sciences
Teaching department
Division of Biosciences
Credit value
15
Restrictions
This module is only available to first year undergraduates for whom it is compulsory. It is not available as an optional or elective module.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Content:

CELL0007 Cells and Development provides an introduction to significant aspects of cell and developmental biology. Lectures in the first half will cover Cell Biology and Signalling and in the second half Developmental Biology and Stem Cells. There will be practicals on cell permeability and human development.

The module will prepare you for more advanced modules that you may wish to pursue in Year 2, such as CELL0009 Intermediate Cell Biology (Cell Structure and Function), CELL0010 Intermediate Cell Biology (Cell Signalling and Regulation), or BIOL0013 The Biology of Development.

Teaching delivery:

This module is taught in 20 bi-weekly lectures, and students will take one cell permeability practical class.

Indicative lecture topics (based on a typical year's syllabus):

  • Cell biology: Cells and organelles
  • Cell biology: Membranes and cytoskeleton
  • Cell biology: Cell cycle and mitosis
  • Cell biology: Membrane trafficking
  • Cell signalling through ion channels
  • Electrical signalling
  • Signalling through receptors
  • Basic principles of embryonic development (fertilisation, cleavage, gastrulation and morphogenesis, neurulation, organogenesis, metamorphosis)
  • Cell fate and cell differentiation; tissues
  • Stem cells.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 4)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
Blended
Methods of assessment
85% Exam
15% Fixed-time remote activity
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
308
Module leader
Professor Sandip Patel
Who to contact for more information
patel.s@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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