Stem cells and development
Concepts: Genetic programs and regulation of lineage specification; Mechanisms of self-renewal and differentiation in developmental progenitors (mostly vertebrate development, some aspects using invertebrate models)
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Blastula:Inner cell mass versus trophectoderm binary fate choice
Embyomic: stem cells- mouse and human embryonic stem cells
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Gastrulation: signaling cues and transcription factor networks governing 1) A/P axis formation; 2)generation of germ layers (Mesoderm specification)
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Organogenesis:
1)Skeletal muscle development: somites,signals and TFs inducing muscle progam, generation of adult skeletal muscle stem cells from developmental progenitor
2) Blood development
3) Introduction to CNS development
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Adult stem cells: 1) Satellite cells, the adult muscle stem cells 2) HSCs 3) Skin stem cells