This course provides an authentic research experience where you will study the consequences of disease-related mutations in a neuronal kinesin (KIF 1A). You will evaluate scientific arguments; make discoveries by generating, testing, and revising hypotheses; communicate findings to others through oral and poster presentations; and build confidence in yourselves as scientific thinkers. To do so, you will use behavioral, genetic, and cell biological tools to assay how KIF 1A mutations affect C. elegans neurons, and connect your findings to clinical severity.
4 units · Satisfactory/No Credit
This course provides an authentic research experience where you will study the consequences of disease-related mutations in a neuronal kinesin (KIF1A). You will evaluate scientific arguments; make discoveries by generating, testing, and revising hypotheses; communicate findings to others through oral and poster presentations; and build confidence in yourselves as scientific thinkers. To do so, you will use behavioral, genetic, and cell biological tools to assay how KIF1A mutations affect C. elegans neurons, and connect your findings to clinical severity.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.