TY  - JOUR
TI  - Teaching a biology laboratory course using <I>Dictyostelium</I>
AU  - Knecht, DavidA.
AU  - Cooper, KateM.
AU  - Moore, JonathanE.
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - The Dictyostelium discoideum model system is a powerful tool for undergraduate cell biology teaching laboratories. The cells are biologically safe, grow at room temperature and it is easy to experimentally induce, observe, and perturb a breadth of cellular processes making the system amenable to many teaching lab situations and goals. Here we outline the advantages of Dictyostelium, discuss laboratory courses we teach in three very different educational settings, and provide tips for both the novice and experienced Dictyostelium researcher. With this article and the extensive sets of protocols and tools referenced here, implementing these labs, or parts of them, will be relatively straightforward for any instructor.
PY  - 2019
DO  - 10.1387/ijdb.190249dk
VL  - 63
IS  - 8-9-10
SP  - 551
EP  - 561
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/190249dk
Y2  - 2024/11/05/13:17:56
ER  -