300145 PP Developmental biology of marine invertebrates (2012S)

This practical course has two parts, a faunistic part and an experimental developmental biology part. Part1: students will examine samples of plancton and corralligene and determine larvae and marine species. Part 2: Using species available at the station (cnidarians, polychaetes, sea urchins, urochordates), development will be studied and manipulated. This part is accompanied by specialised instructors from the station and from other instititutes. Teaching is in English (and partly in German), since most instructors are not german speaking. As prerequisite, the student must have the "Baupläne1 and 2" and the "VO Einführung in die Entwicklung der Tiere" or the VO "Molecular principles of development". The course is restricted to about 10 students, depending on the availability of rooms in the station.