Splash Biography

How do animals regenerate parts of their bodies that they have lost? What are the different ways we understand and study processes of regeneration? These questions and more will be answered in this course, which will provide a broad overview of regeneration and how it is currently being researched. This course is meant to provide a basic understanding of the different types of biology involved in processes of regeneration as well as familiarity with different types of research and experimental techniques. Topics covered include embryonic development, gene regulatory networks, cell signaling pathways, and epigenetics. More than anything, however, this course hopes to make biology more accessible and to encourage students to ask questions.