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BIOL 387/495 — Genomics (Spring | 2026, 2025)
The aim of this course is to provide you with a solid foundation in genomics, focusing on discussions of recently published primary literature, and introductory hands-on experience with genomic data files. We will cover topics such as modern sequencing technologies, different types of genomic data and how to obtain them, genome content and organization, and genome evolution. Examples will span various groups of eukaryotes.
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BIOL 369/495 — Invertebrate Biology and Evolution (Fall | 2026, 2025)
Invertebrates constitute 96% of all animal diversity on the planet, being critical components of ecosystems, and having huge impacts on human health and economy. We will traverse the entire Metazoan Tree of Life covering each of the 30+ animal phyla to learn who they are and how they function, how their bodies develop, their broad diversity of forms and adaptations to different environments, how they are related to each other, and how their unique traits came to be across evolutionary time. Lectures will be complemented with weekly labs, where students will get hands-on experience with a wealth of live and preserved invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, sea urchins, leeches, scallops, water bears, and fossils of over 500 million years.