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Current Topics In Developmental Genetics (GENE90020)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019

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This subject will provide an in-depth coverage of cellular and developmental genetics with respect to recent advances and insights. This subject will extend basic knowledge in these areas gained during a student’s undergraduate degree and will consist of blocks of lectures, literature review and analysis where published papers are analysed and discussed and of student oral presentations. The subject provides students with skills and knowledge for understanding original research and enhanced written and oral communication skills. The course will be offered on alternating years.

Intended learning outcomes

Objectives of this subject are for students to:




The subject involves lectures and lecture/discussions on research papers in one or more areas of genetics.

  • understand the way in which experiments in genetics are designed, communicated and interpreted;
  • extend their abilities in oral and written scientific communication; and
  • gain the ability to read and assimilate specific research papers and to understand how the research reported relates to the broad field of genetics.

Generic skills

This subject will provide students with the opportunity to develop the following generic skills:

• the ability to evaluate scientific literature;

• the ability to use conceptual models to assess experimental data;

• the capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in written and oral presentations;

• the capacity for high level written report presentation skills

• the capacity for oral communication and presentation skills

• time management and self-management skills

Last updated: 3 November 2022