生命科学Ｃ

前期 月曜日 １講時 川北キャンパスＣ１０３. 単位数/Credit(s): 2. 担当教員(所属)/Instructor (Position): 稲葉 一男 所属：筑波大学. 対象学部/Object: 国際学士コース(＊). 開講期/Term: ３セメスター. 科目群/Categories: 全学教育科目学術基礎科目-基礎生物学. 履修年度: 2024. 科目ナンバリング/Course Numbering: ZDB-BIO103E. 使用言語/Language Used in Course: 英語.

メディア授業科目/Media Class Subjects

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主要授業科目/Essential Subjects

各学部の履修内規または学生便覧を参照。

授業題目/Class Subject

Seeing biological world through cilia's eyes

授業の目的と概要/Object and Summary of Class

This course introduces the hairy tiny structures in a cell, called “cilia” or “flagella”. Starting with their molecular structures and the mechanism of motility, the lecture covers the topics of a wide range of their diverse functions, spanning from cellular function, reproduction, signal transduction, animal physiology, eukaryotic evolution, ecology, and environmental responses. The course aims to provide a point of view that connects micro- and macro scales in biology.

学修の到達目標/Goal of Study

This course aims to understand the structure, function and diversity of eukaryotic cilia and flagella, as well as to know a variety of phenomena that involves these tiny cellular organelle; thus, students finally explore several fields in general biology. As the lecturer has been working at marine stations for a long time, a large part of the course covers many subjects of marine biology. Students are expected to learn about the lives of several marine organisms.

授業内容・方法と進度予定/Contents and Progress Schedule of the Class

This class will be given by "Google Classroom".
Access to Google Classroom and input the class code.

This is a lecture-centered course (on-line). The contents and schedule are shown below.
1. Introduction - cilia and flagella, the "cell hairs”
2. Back to Leeuwenhoek - curiosity meets a small world
3. Reproduction - sperm cell, a lonely soldier
4. Can't live without a tiny hair
5. Cell antenna senses every environmental stimulus
6. Affecting broadly - cilia and diseases
7. Origin of cilia - tree of life
8. Cilia and evolution
9. Cilia and morphogenesis
10. The "9+2”structure - beautiful and elaborative framework
11. Ciliary wave - bending and propagation
12. Wave modulation - sensing menvironment
13. Cilia and marine life - everywhere on/in the body
14. Does climate change impair ciliary function?
15. Summary and Final examination

成績評価方法/Evaluation Method

Class participation 60% and final examination 40%.

教科書および参考書/Textbook and References

• 毛 - 生命と進化の立役者, 稲葉一男, 光文社 (2021) ISBN/ISSN: 9784334045746 資料種別:Reference
• Molecular Biology of the Cell, Bruce Alberts, W.W. Norton (2014) ISBN/ISSN: 9780815344643 資料種別:Reference
• Japanese Marine Life, Kazuo Inaba and Jason Hall-Spencer,eds., Springer (2020) ISBN/ISSN: 9789811513251 資料種別:Reference

授業時間外学修/Preparation and Review

Students are highly recommended to complement the contents of class by reading relevant papers and articles.

授業へのパソコン持ち込み【必要/不要】/Students must bring their own computers to class[Yes / No]

Yes