Developmental Biology - Baylor College of Medicine

Developmental Biology from Baylor College of Medicine is a Campus Master Biology degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Program provides research training in developmental biology for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The major aspects of study are: neurobiology, cancer biology, cell death, neurodegenerative (and other diseases), stem cell biology , reproductive development, oogenesis, muscle and heart development, kidney, bone and skin development, homeobox genes, limb development, eye development, cell lineage specification, X chromosome dosage compensation, and plant differentiation. The Program favors a cross-species approach and is especially eager to attract graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to explore how recent exciting findings made in Dictyostelium, Drosophila, C. elegans and vertebrates can be extended to other species, including humans. Many of the genes that have first been discovered in model systems have now been shown to be conserved in many species. Defining their precise role in a variety of organisms remains one of the main challenges of modern biology. Hence, studying the function of genes in many different organisms and trying to define the similarity and differences of molecularly conserved genes in developmental processes is one of the main areas of focus of the Program in Developmental Biology . View more details on Baylor College of Medicine . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Biology courses.