Teaching
interests for Don Sakaguchi
Bio 436. Neurobiology.
3 Credits lecture only. Offered in
Fall. Prerequisites: Bio 335 or Psych 310; or equivalent background,
physics recommended. Integration, coding, plasticity, and development
in nervous systems.
Lecture notes available on the DARWIN server.
Bio
490R. Zoology Undergraduate Research.
1-5 Credits each time taken. Prerequisites:
15 Credits in zoological sciences; permission of instructor. Students
in the College of Agriculture may use no more than 6 credits of
490 toward the total of 128 credits required for graduation; students
in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may use no more than
9 credits of 490 toward graduation.
NEUROSCIENCE 556. Cellular,
Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience. (Co-listed as Neuro
556/GDCB 556/BMS 556)
3 Credits lecture only. Offered
in Fall. Prerequisites: Graduate level status (or permission of
instructor), Bio 335, 436 or Psych 310; or equivalent background,
physics recommended.
GDCB
590. Special Topics in Developmental Neuroscience.
1-5 Credits each time taken. Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor.
GDCB 661. Current Topics
in Neurobiology and Behavior. (Dual
listed as Neuro 660.)
2 to 3 credits each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Topics may include communication, hormones and behavior, neural
integration, developmental neurobiology, neuroanatomy and ultrastructure,
sensory biology, social behavior, techniques in neurobiology and
behavior.
Course to be offered Spring alternate years.
NEURO
690/GDCB 690. Journal Club in Neuroscience.
1 Credit. Offered Fall & Spring.
Prerequisites: NEURO 556. Students are required to attend and
make at least one presentation at a weekly journal club focusing
on current topics. For
Sring 2006 schedule.
NEURO
696. Neuroscience Seminar.
1 Credit. Offered Fall & Spring.
Students are required to be enrolled in this course each semester
while in the Neuroscience Program. Prerequisites: NEURO 556. Presentations
and discussion of research by students, faculty, and visiting
scholars.
NEURO
699 and GDCB 699. Research.
Credits vary.
BIO 394A and B (section HN). Caribbean
Marine Biology (next field trip: Spring break 2008)
2 Credits each time taken. Checkout
the course webpage at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~zoogen/Bio394/Bio394.html
To receive additional information about this field trip course
in marine biology, contact D.
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