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ANAT 212. Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200
- Restriction: This course is also listed as BIOC 212. Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOC 212 or BIOL 201
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Winter |
Maria Vera Ugalde &听Robert Scott Kiss
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 听ANAT 212 - Winter 2024 Syllabus |
- Cross-listed as BIOC 212 and administered听by the Department听of Biochemistry
- ACB students with difficulty registering should contact the ACB program advisor; students in other programs will use the BIOC 212 course number and should contact Biochemistry
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ANAT 214. Systemic Human Anatomy.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to the gross anatomy of the various organ systems of head, neck and trunk regions of the human body. Emphasis on functional anatomy. Laboratory component includes exploration of the human body through cadaveric prosections, imaging and other materials.
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory
- Prerequisites: BIOL 112 (or CEGEP equivalent), PHGY 209 and PHGY 210
- This course is limited in size, with guaranteed admission for all students enrolled in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Students in other programs will be permitted to enroll as space allows.
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Fall |
campbell.rolian [at] mcgill.ca (Campbell Rolian) |
听ANAT 214 - Fall 2024 Syllabus |
- Reserved for students in Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Open to students in other programs (space permitting) later in the summer
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ANAT 261. Introduction to Dynamic Histology.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to light and electron microscopic anatomy in which cell and tissue dynamics will be explored in the principal tissues and organs of the body.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory
- Must be taken in U1 by students in Anatomy and Cell Biology programs
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent
- Restriction: Open to students in biological sciences and others by special permission
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Fall |
craig.mandato [at] mcgill.ca (Craig Mandato)
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听ANAT 261 - Fall 2024 Syllabus
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ANAT 262. Introductory Molecular and Cell Biology.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The architectural, functional and temporal continuity of organelles and the cytoskeleton of mammalian cells is introduced as well as their functional integration in the phenomena of exocytosis, endocytosis, protein trafficking and cell motility and adhesion.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Corequisites: ANAT 212 or BIOC 212 or BIOL 201
- Restriction: Open to students in biological sciences and others by special permission
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Winter |
john.presley [at] mcgill.ca (John Presley)
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听ANAT 262 - Winter听2025 Syllabus |
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ANAT 314. Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy
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Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to the gross anatomy of the musculoskeletal system (bone, joints, muscles and neurovascular structures) of the head, neck, trunk, upper and lower limb regions of the human body, emphasizing functional anatomy and including surface anatomy and imaging. Exploration of the human body through cadaveric
prosections, imaging and other materials.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANAT 214
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 315.
- 2 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory
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Winter |
campbell.rolian [at] mcgill.ca (Campbell Rolian) |
听ANAT 314 - Winter 2025 Syllabus
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ANAT 315. Clinical Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The regional human gross anatomy of the skeleton, joints, muscles and neurovascular structures of the body as it relates to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared cadaveric specimens and the completion of a cadaveric-dissection.
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures, 2 hour laboratory
- Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 314.
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mette.coleman [at] mcgill.ca (Mette Coleman)
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听ANAT 315 - Fall 2024 Syllabus |
- Restricted to students in PT/OT/KIN
- Check Minerva to find the lab section for students in your program
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ANAT 316. Clinical Human Visceral Anatomy
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Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The gross anatomy of the various organ systems of the human body, with emphasis on those aspects of greatest relevance to physical and occupational therapists. Laboratories include the study of prepared specimens.
- Winter
- Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory
- Prerequisite: ANAT 315 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Open to students in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 214.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Winter |
mette.coleman [at] mcgill.ca (Mette Coleman) |
听ANAT 316 - Winter 2025 Syllabus |
- Restricted to students in PT/OT/KIN
- Check Minerva to find the lab section for students in your program
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ANAT 321. Circuitry of the Human Brain.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course explores the functional organization of the human brain and spinal cord. The course focuses on how neuronal systems are designed to subserve specific motor, sensory, and cognitive operations.
- Restriction: Open to U3 students only
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: ANAT/BIOC 212 or BIOL 201; and one of PHGY 209, NSCI 200 or PSYC 211; or permission of instructor
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Fall |
david.ragsdale [at] mcgill.ca (David Ragsdale)
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听ANAT 321 - Fall 2024听Syllabus
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- Registration priority given to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students and those who require it for their program
- Only students in programs where听this is a REQUIRED听course can听be given a permit to register; all other students who want to take it as a complementary or elective will have to check Minerva regularly to see if space opens up/join the waitlist
- Students may only receive credit for ANAT 323 OR ANAT 321
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ANAT 322. Neuroendocrinology.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A lecture course describing brain-endocrine relationships. Emphasis on modern experimental evidence and conceptual developments within the field.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: PHGY 210.
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Winter |
claire-dominique.walker [at] mcgill.ca (Dominique Walker)
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听ANAT 322 - Winter 2025 Syllabus |
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ANAT 323. Clinical Neuroanatomy.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course will focus on the structural and functional relationships of the central nervous system. The human neuroanatomy will be introduced via pathological cases and will be illustrated by use of new medical imaging techniques.
- Prerequisites for Physical & Occupational Therapy students: ANAT 315 and ANAT 316
- Prerequisites for Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students: ANAT 214 and ANAT 314.
- Restrictions: Restricted to Honours Anatomy & Cell Biology students and Physical & Occupational Therapy students.
- Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 321.
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Fall |
mikaela.stiver [at] mcgill.ca (Mikaela Stiver) |
听ANAT 323 - Fall 2024 Syllabus |
- Restricted to students in PT/OT and Honours ACB students with special听permission
- Students may only receive credit for ANAT 323 OR ANAT 321
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ANAT 365. Cellular Trafficking.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course explores the fundamental mechanisms that govern the organizations of intracellular membranes, how vesicle generation is signaled, how the membranes curve and bud, and how vesicles know where to go and fuse. In addition to intracellular vesicles, the principles of mitochondrial dynamics and process of cellular autophagy are examined. Also, there is a focus on "Applied Cell Biology", with respect to how the exquisite regulation of cellular transport plays a central role in complex biological systems. A series of modules will take students through the mechanisms of cellular polarity, neurotransmission, metabolic cell biology, pathogen invasion, and more. The emphasis is on the morphological aspects of the processes, and on the major techniques that led to discovery.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: ANAT 261, ANAT 262, PHGY 209, or by permission of instructor
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Fall |
natalie.zeytuni [at] mcgill.ca (Natalie Zeytuni)听&听john.presley [at] mcgill.ca (John Presley)
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听ANAT 365 - Fall 2024 Syllabus |
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ANAT 381. Experimental Embryology.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic processes of reproduction and embryonic development, such as molecular signaling; cell-cell interaction; differentiation; cell fate determination; genetic and epigenetic control of embryonic development.
- Fall
- 3 hour lectures
- Prerequisites: ANAT 261, BIOL 202 or permission of instructor
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BIOL 303.
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Fall |
makoto.nagano [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Makoto Nagano)
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听ANAT 381听- Fall 2024听Syllabus |
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ANAT 396. Undergraduate Research Project.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science) Terms Offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Independent research project with a final written report.
- Restrictions: This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Departmental permission required. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Open to students in programs offered by the Faculty of Science only.
- Note: Enrolment may be limited. Students are advised to start the application process well before the start of the term and to plan for an alternative course in the case that no suitable project is available. Individual projects may be suggested each term which may have project-specific prerequisites. Students may also approach professors to devise their own projects. Some projects may be accessible to students in other disciplines. See /science/research/undergraduate-research/science-re... for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures
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Winter
Summer
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craig.mandato [at] mcgill.ca (Craig Mandato)
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N/A |
- Information on 396 Research Project courses can be found here
- Departmental approval required. The听project approval form听must be fully completed and signed by both student and supervisor, and then submitted听to undergradadvisor.acb [at] mcgill.ca (ACB program advisor).听Registration information will be sent be once听the project is approved.
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ANAT 416. Development, Disease and Regeneration.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Importance of developmental biology for disease and regeneration. Topics: advanced developmental biology principles; molecular basis for stem cells and their potential applications; organogenesis and its applications to various diseases.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite(s): ANAT 381 or BIOL 303 or special permission of instructor
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Winter
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huy.bui [at] mcgill.ca (Khanh Huy Bui)
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ANAT416 W2025 Syllabus |
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ANAT 432. Honours Research Project.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 9 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science) Terms Offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Supervised honours research project in biological sciences.
- Course opened to all Anatomy & Cell Biology students and other BSc students by special permission only.
- Prerequisite: BIOL 301
- Restriction: For students in the Honours program.
- Course opened to all Anatomy & Cell Biology students and other BSc students by special permission only.
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Fall/Winter
Summer
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huy.bui [at] mcgill.ca (Khanh Huy Bui)
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听ANAT 432 D1/D2 - Fall 2022/Winter 2023 Syllabus |
- Information on ANAT 432 can be found here
- For ACB Honours students and others with special permission from the instructor; please contact the undergradadvisor.acb [at] mcgill.ca (ACB program advisor)
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ANAT 458. Membranes and Cellular Signaling.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An integrated treatment of the properties of biological membranes and of intracellular signaling, including the major role that membranes play in transducing and integrating cellular regulatory signals. Biological membrane organization and dynamics; membrane transport; membrane receptors and their associated effectors; mechanisms of regulation of cell growth, morphology, differentiation and death.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: BIOC 212 or ANAT 212 or BIOL 201, ANAT 262, one of PHGY 209 or BIOL 205; one of BIOC 312 or ANAT 365; BIOC 311 recommended
- Restriction: This course is also listed as BIOC 458. Not open to students who are taking or who have taken BIOC 458
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Winter |
Maxime Denis
& Nathalie Lamarche-Vane
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听ANAT 458 - Winter 2025 Syllabus |
- Cross-listed as BIOC 458 and administered by the Department听of Biochemistry
- ACB students with difficulty registering should contact the ACB program advisor; students in other programs will use the BIOC 458听course number and should contact Biochemistry
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ANAT 499. Supervised Library Research.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 1 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised exploration of the current scientific literature as it pertains to the advanced field of anatomy and cell biology.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: ANAT 262 and BIOL 202
- Open to U3 Anatomy and Cell Biology students; open to other students with permission of instructor
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Winter
Summer
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craig.mandato [at] mcgill.ca (Craig Mandato) |
N/A |
- Restricted to U3 students in ACB programs who require additional program credits to graduate
- By special permission only
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ANAT 514. Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A laboratory course exploring human anatomy education through regionally focused dissection-based projects and applications of technology in anatomy teaching and
learning.
- Prerequisites: ANAT 214 and ANAT 314
- Restrictions: Open to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students
- 1 hour lecture, 4 hours laboratory
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Winter |
gabriel.venne [at] mcgill.ca (Gabriel Venne) |
听ANAT 514 - Winter 2025 Syllabus |
- Instructor permission required. Contact Dr. Venne directly if interested in registering.
- Restricted to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students
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ANAT 541. Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Complex aging process, including theories and mechanisms of aging, animal model systems used to study aging, age-dependent diseases, for example, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, and cancer, and age-related diseases, for example, Werner's syndrome and dyskeratosis congenita.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: ANAT 212 (or BIOC 212 or BIOL 201), ANAT 261, ANAT 262, or permission of instructor.
- Corequisite: BIOL 301.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Winter |
stephanie.lehoux [at] mcgill.ca (Stephanie Lehoux) &听chantal.autexier [at] mcgill.ca (Chantal Autexier)
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听ANAT 541 - Winter 2025 Syllabus
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- Restricted to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students
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ANAT 542. Transmission Electron Microscopy of Biological Samples.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Overview of theory, principles and practical applications of conventional and cryo-transmission electron microscopy relevant to biological samples. Major topics to be covered include: sample preparation and imaging, image analysis, three-dimensional reconstruction (including single-particle analysis an tomography).
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
- 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Winter |
natalie.zeytuni [at] mcgill.ca (Natalie Zeytuni)
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ANAT 542 - Winter 2025 Syllabus |
- Instructor permission required. Contact Dr. Zeytuni听directly if interested in registering.
- Priority given to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students completing ANAT 432听
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ANAT 565. Diseases-Membrane Trafficking.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course will examine how research into diseases has played a key role in unraveling the intricate molecular mechanisms controlling membrane trafficking in mammalian cells. Membrane trafficking disorders fall into two groups those arising from a) membrane-associated or b) cytoskeletal defect. Topics include a) mechanisms of endosomal maturation, lysosomal storage disorders and rab protein-mediated vesicular trafficking and b) rho GTPase and cytoskeletal binding protein mediated trafficking associated with neurological diseases and cancer.
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Winter |
john.presley [at] mcgill.ca (John Presley)
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ANAT565 W2025 Syllabus |
- Restricted to U3 Anatomy & Cell Biology students
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