This is an old schedule.
The class will be offered again in Fall 2008 by Drs. Elena Shpak and Andreas Nebenführ.
974-9201, nebenfuehr(at)utk.edu, Hesler Biology 240, office hours: by appoinment
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reading
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29
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Aug | Introduction + Overview of Plant Development | |
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31
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Aug | General Principles + Plant Cell - Parts and Functions | |
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5
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Sept | Plant Cell - Parts and Functions | |
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7
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Sept | Signal Transduction | |
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12
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Sept | Classical Hormonology |
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14
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Sept | Cell Growth - Acid Growth Hypothesis |
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19
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Sept | Hormone Transport (Auxin) |
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21
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Sept | Hormone Transport (Auxin) - PAPER DISCUSSION | |
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26
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Sept | Auxin Receptors and Signaling |
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28
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Sept | Embryogenesis + Patterning | |
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3
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Oct | Embryogenesis - PAPER DISCUSSION |
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5
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Sept | Meristems + Stem Cells | |
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10
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Oct | Phyllotaxis | |
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12
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Oct | no class - Fall Break |
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17
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Oct | Phyllotaxis - PAPER DISCUSSION |
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19
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Oct | Phyllotaxis - Mathematical Models | |
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24
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Oct | Light Responses - Photomorphogenesis | |
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26
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Oct | Phytochrome Responses |
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31
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Oct | Photomorphogenesis - PAPER DISCUSSION |
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2
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Nov | Phototropism | |
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7
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Nov | Gravitropism |
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9
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Nov | Gravitropism - PAPER DISCUSSION | |
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14
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Nov | Stomatal Responses | |
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16
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Nov | Stomata - PAPER DISCUSSION |
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21
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Nov | Flowering + Vernalization |
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23
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Nov | no class - Thanksgiving |
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28
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Nov | Flowering + Circadian Clock | |
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30
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Nov | Flower - PAPER DISCUSSION | |
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5
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Dec | Flower Development |
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7
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Dec | study day | |
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12
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Dec | Final Exam (10:15 - 12:15) |
Please note: This schedule may change during the semester. Updates will be announced in class and also posted here.
Class Structure: Lectures and discussions of recent publications from the primary literature. The emphasis is on mechanisms of development and the experimental approaches used to elucidate them.
Textbook: There will not be a textbook for this class. Instead we will use reviews and research papers as our reading material. For those who would like to refresh their plant physiological background, I recommend the following books (in order of preference):
Paper Discussions: Recent publications from the primary literature will be assigned for reading followed by an in-class discussion. Students will receive questions together with the papers that need to be handed in (homework).
Grading: Grades will be based on (1) class participation, (2) homework assignments, (3) term paper (short review on a development-related topic) (4) comprehensive final exam.
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a documented disability or if you have emergency information to share, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 191 Hoskins Library at 974-6087. This will ensure that you are properly registered for services.
Please note that this class was offered in previous years as BOT 522.
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