University of Calgary : Plant Biology PLBI

Plant Biology PLBI

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science.

Graduate Courses

Enrolment in any graduate course requires consent of the Department. Only when appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599. 600-level courses are available with permission to undergraduate students in the final year of their programs.

Plant Biology 633

Current Topics in Plant Biology

Lectures, discussions and student seminars on topics of current interest in plant biology. Topics will include functional genomics, advances in forward and reverse genetics, hormone signaling, plant-microbe and plant-environment interactions.

Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Notes: Senior undergraduate students in the Botany program are strongly encouraged to register in this course.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Plant Biology 645

Dynamic Aspects of Plant Ultrastructure

The ultrastructural and functional aspects of the cell, tissue, and organ systems of vascular plants. Analysis and interpretation of electron micrographs. Seminars on recent research development.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-2S)
Notes: Offered during even-odd dated academic years.
Also known as: (formerly Botany 645)

Plant Biology 745

Plant Biology Microtechniques

Principles and practice of preparation of plant tissues for light microscope study. Plastic embedding techniques, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, quantitative cytochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and photomicroscopy are included.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(0-6)
Notes: Offered during odd-even dated academic years.
Also known as: (formerly Botany 745)

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