BIO 222

• Course Description:

  A course designed to introduce fundamental Cell Biology concepts, including cell theory, cell components in details. Special and pioneer Cell Biology topics are included, such as stem and cancer cells, cell genetics and finally cell death with special emphasis on cell compartmentation for each topic.

   

• Course Main Objective:
  • 1-To study the cell as the unit of structure and function of all organisms.
  • 2- To recognize different cell components and compartments.
  • 3- To emphasize the importance of new developments and applications in Cell Biology Study.

   

• Learning Resources

• 1-Essential cell biology, 4rd edition (2014) by Bruce Alberts et al.
• 2-Al-Robai, A. A. and Abozynah, F. S. (1995) Cell Biology: structure and Function (In Arabic). Department of biology, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University.

Thrope, N. O. (1994): Cell Biology. John Wiley and Sons. New York.