Advanced Animal Cell Culture Techniques
General
Prefix
BIOL
Course Number
468
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Advanced topics in techniques and theory of culture of animal cells in vitro. Applications to biomedical research and biotechnology. Establish, grow, maintain, preserve, and utilize animal cells. Lab. Prereq.: BIOL 362. Completion of this course with a grade of "C" or better fulfills the upper division writing requirement for the BES Biology, General Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Biotechnology progams.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Access and utilize primary scientific literature in the field of cell culture.
Outcome
Identify the utility of common cell culture techniques in research and biotechnology fields.
Outcome
Perform common cell culture techniques such as passaging cells, transfecting cells, and differentiating cells.
Outcome
Write scientifically and present lab results in the format of the primary scientific literature in this field.
Outcome
Design and perform an experiment to test an hypothesis using animal cell culture.
Outcome
Evaluate the effectiveness of different cell culture methods.