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Embryology Course at Friday Harbor Labs

Posted by , on 10 February 2016

A chaetognath embryo
— Image: a chaetognath embryo —

Applications are still open for the Comparative Invertebrate Embryology course at the Friday Harbor Labs. It’s a great opportunity to work with diverse animal embryos. We attempt to provide an integrated view of animal development, bridging cell and molecular mechanisms with ecological and evolutionary processes. Marine invertebrate development can provide new perspectives on developmental mechanisms, eco-devo, evo-devo, regeneration, and tissue engineering.

Please see the course description at: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentSummer2016.html#SumA-2

Applications are needed before Feb. 29th. Financial aid may be available.

The course runs from June 13 – July 15, 2016 (5 weeks).

Friday Harbor Labs
— Image: Friday Harbor Labs —

The Friday Harbor Labs give access to an extraordinary variety of organisms from diverse marine habitats, and provide opportunities to interact with a broad community of biologists.

The focus of the course is hands-on observation of living embryos and larvae from over a dozen animal phyla. Techniques students will learn may* include:

  • Spawning and culture of embryos and larvae from diverse phyla.
  • Confocal microscopy and SEM
  • Microinjection
  • Methods for measuring cell/embryo mechanical properties

Students will also have the opportunity to compare embryos by mapping their development over time.

Instructors include Dr. Sally Leys and myself. Dr. Leys is an expert on sponge development and the evolution of animal body plans. My research focuses on the roles of biomechanics in development-environment interactions. We will also have guest lectures from experts on diverse topics and taxa, including Drs. Brad Shuster, Richard Strathmann, Sophie George, Tony Pires, and others TBD.

*Depending on student interests.

 

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