Today’s lecture
• Course outline + meet your TA
• Introduction to my work and to the course
• Historical perspective of developmental
biology
• Evolution of the nervous system
• Introduction to Basic embryogenesis
(continued next class): Blastula,
Gastrulation, Neurulation
Who am I?
● Developmen ● Astrocyte ● Clinica
t s l
● EDI in
STEM
Follow us on Twitter:
@Salmasolab
@NeuroCarleton
, Who am I?
● Developmen ● Astrocyte ● Clinica
t s l
● EDI in
STEM
Follow us on Twitter:
@Salmasolab
@NeuroCarleton
Animals
• Protozoan- a single celled
microscopic animal
Reproduction by splitting in two
• But evolution favoured cells
clumping together- increased
survival…enter…
• Metazoan- a multicellular
animal
, Animals
• Protozoan- a single celled
microscopic animal
Reproduction by splitting in two
• But evolution favoured cells
clumping together- increased
survival…enter…
• Metazoan- a multicellular
animal
Figure 1.1 Evolutionary origins of metazoans
, Figure 1.1 Evolutionary origins of metazoans
-
I
meltizellester organ
Figure 1.2 Nerve nets make up the first nervous systems
• Course outline + meet your TA
• Introduction to my work and to the course
• Historical perspective of developmental
biology
• Evolution of the nervous system
• Introduction to Basic embryogenesis
(continued next class): Blastula,
Gastrulation, Neurulation
Who am I?
● Developmen ● Astrocyte ● Clinica
t s l
● EDI in
STEM
Follow us on Twitter:
@Salmasolab
@NeuroCarleton
, Who am I?
● Developmen ● Astrocyte ● Clinica
t s l
● EDI in
STEM
Follow us on Twitter:
@Salmasolab
@NeuroCarleton
Animals
• Protozoan- a single celled
microscopic animal
Reproduction by splitting in two
• But evolution favoured cells
clumping together- increased
survival…enter…
• Metazoan- a multicellular
animal
, Animals
• Protozoan- a single celled
microscopic animal
Reproduction by splitting in two
• But evolution favoured cells
clumping together- increased
survival…enter…
• Metazoan- a multicellular
animal
Figure 1.1 Evolutionary origins of metazoans
, Figure 1.1 Evolutionary origins of metazoans
-
I
meltizellester organ
Figure 1.2 Nerve nets make up the first nervous systems
