Series of obligatory lectures provided by invited specialist speakers on the following signal transduction topics: G-protein coupled receptors; Tyrosine kinase receptors; Steroid receptors; MAPK signaling; Signaling pathways in development: Wnt, SMAD/ TGF beta, Notch/NF-KB; Role of signaling in cancer and immunity; Single molecule imaging of signaling events in living cells.
Coordinator
Mw.dr.B.E.Snaar; b.e.snaar-jagalska@biology.leidenuniv.nl
Study material
Alberts et al, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition 2002, Garland Science NY and additional literature required for the own power point presentation on a chosen signal transduction topic
Examination
- PowerPoint presentation
- Writing examination requested knowledge of lectures and following pages from Alberts: 831-889, 907-929, 1340-1361, and 1453-1462.
Course requirements/recommendations
Elementary knowledge of Molecular Biology