Cell Biology

This specialization covers the cell as a working unit: membrane structure and transport, the organelles and their functions, protein sorting and trafficking, the cytoskeleton and cell motility, the cell cycle and its checkpoints, mitosis and meiosis, cell signalling and receptor pathways, cell adhesion and the extracellular matrix, and programmed cell death. Expect microscopy, cell culture, fractionation and immunostaining as the working techniques.