CSHL Course of Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus

近年来，细胞和发育生物学领域取得了巨大进展，这主要归功于新技术方法在经典问题上的应用。 这就导致需要高级课程来培训新的研究人员来研究那些动物模型，如青蛙，非洲爪蟾，这些动物模型在新的发现中很重要。 冷泉港实验室的课程“非洲爪蟾的细胞和发育生物学”，这已经教了十五年的现代生物学的一些领域的一套完整的课程的一部分，提供了广泛的实验室接触的生物学和操作的胚胎从青蛙非洲爪蟾和热带爪蟾。该课程适合那些谁拥有分子生物学和发育生物学的知识，但没有与非洲爪蟾的经验，以及那些有一些非洲爪蟾经验谁希望学习新开发的，先进的技术。 预计在拟议的支助期间，课程的基本安排和一些基本教材将保持不变。 然而，新的和快速发展的主题将被讨论，并融入该课程作为该领域的进展。该课程将继续招收和支持来自不同背景和代表性不足群体的学生。

Dramatic progress has been made in the fields of cell and developmental biology in recent years, largely due to the application of new technical approaches to classical problems. This has led to the need for advanced courses to train new investigators to study those animal models, such as the frog, Xenopus, that have been important in making new discoveries. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course on "Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus", which has been taught for fifteen years as part of an integrated set of courses in a number of areas of modern biology, provides extensive laboratory exposure to the biology and manipulation of embryos from the frogs Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. The course is suited for those who have a knowledge of molecular biology and developmental biology, but have had no experience with Xenopus, as well as those with some Xenopus experience who wish to learn newly developed, advanced techniques. It is anticipated that the basic organization of the course and some of the basic course material will remain unchanged during the proposed period of support. However, new and fast-developing topics will be discussed and integrated into the course as the field progresses. The course will continue to recruit and support students from diverse backgrounds and under-represented groups.