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Individual Assessments
Please leave this template on top of your student page as I will add your assessment items here. Beginning your online work - Working Online in this course Make your own page. Log-in to the embryology website using your student ID and Zpass. Click your student number (shown in red at the top right of the screen following log-in) Create page using the tab at the top of the page, and save. Add the following to the top of your page exactly as shown - {{ANAT2341Student2016}} How would you identify your Type in a group and add to your page. What was the most interesting thing you learnt in the fertilisation lecture? If you have done the above correctly your ZID should be blue and not red on this page link - ANAT2341 2016 Students. Here is the example page I made in Lab 1 Student Page. With a few more explanatory notes. Click here to email Dr Mark Hill Editing Links: Editing Basics | Images | Tables | Referencing | Journal Searches | Copyright | Font Colours | Virtual Slide Permalink | My Preferences | One Page Wiki Card | Printing | Movies | Language Translation | Student Movies | Using OpenOffice | Internet Browsers | Moodle | Navigation/Contribution | Term Link | Short URLs | 2018 Test Student
Lab 1 Assessment - Researching a Topic
In the lab I showed you how to find the PubMed reference database and search it using a topic word. Lab 1 assessment will be for you to use this to find a research reference on "fertilization" and write a brief summary of the main finding of the paper. Add a new Sub-heading "Lab 1 Assessment" (without the quotes). Search the database for a reference on "fertilisation" published in the last 5 years. It must be a research article not a Review. The full paper must be available online, not just the abstract. Add a link to this reference using its PMID using this code <pubmed>XXXXX</pubmed> replacing the Xs with just the PMID number (no text). Under the reference write a short summary of the papers main findings. Only 1-2 paragraphs. Must not be a copy of the paper abstract. Save and you are done.
Lab 2 Assessment - Uploading an Image
Upload a research image using the guide information below. The image uploaded for your individual assessment can relate to your project or from fertilisation to week 3 of development (upload only a single image). Add that image to your own individual page (see Images) including an image title and its reference link. No two students should upload the same image, check new images before you upload. No student can delete an image once uploaded, please contact me by email with the image address and I will delete (with no penalty, just glad to help out). 2016 Group Project Topic - Signaling in Development OK you are now in a group Go to the blank group page and add a topic that interests you along with your student signature. No two groups can do the same topic, but at this stage the final topic has not yet been decided (next week). Initially the topic can be as specific or as broad as you want. Chicken embryo E-cad and P-cad gastrulation References
Lab 4 Assessment - GIT Quiz
ANAT2341 Quiz Example | Category:Quiz | ANAT2341 Student 2015 Quiz Questions | Design 4 quiz questions based upon gastrointestinal tract. Add the quiz to your own page under Lab 4 assessment and provide a sub-sub-heading on the topic of the quiz. An example is shown below (open this page in view code or edit mode). Note that it is not just how you ask the question, but also how you explain the correct answer.
Lab 5 Assessment - Course Review
Complete the course review questionnaire and add the fact you have completed to your student page.
Lab 6 Assessment - Cleft Lip and Palate
Identify a known genetic mutation that is associated with cleft lip or palate. Identify a recent research article on this gene. How does this mutation affect developmental signalling in normal development.
Lab 7 Assessment - Muscular Dystrophy
What is/are the dystrophin mutation(s)? What is the function of dystrophin? What other tissues/organs are affected by this disorder? What therapies exist for DMD? What animal models are available for muscular dystrophy?
Lab 8 Assessment - Quiz
A brief quiz was held in the practical class on urogenital development.
Lab 9 Assessment - Peer Assessment
This will form part of your individual assessment for the course. Each student should now look at each of the other Group projects in the class. Next prepare a critical assessment (should include both positive and negative issues) of each project using the project group assessment criteria. This assessment should be pasted without signature on the top of the specific project's discussion page. (minimum length 3-5 paragraphs/project) This critical assessment should also be pasted on your own student page. Each student should therefore have 5 separate reports pasted on their own page for this assessment item. Length, quality and accuracy of your reports will be part of the overall mark for this assessment. there will be a greater loading on this than simple question assessments.
Lab 10 Assessment - Stem Cells
As part of the assessment for this course, you will give a 15 minutes journal club presentation in Lab 10. For this you will in your current student group discuss a recent (published after 2011) original research article (not a review!) on stem cell biology or technology. Lab 10 - Stem Cell Presentations 2016 Group Mark Assessor General Comments Group 1: 15/20 Group 2: 19/20 Group 3: 20/20 Group 4: 19/20 Group 5: 16/20 Group 6: 16/20 The students put great effort in their presentation and we heard a nice variety of studies in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine today. The interaction after the presentation was great. As general feedback I would like to advise students to: Never discuss M&M as a separate section in journal clubs. I gave this advice prior to the lab, but still most groups did talk through the M&M section. Do not use your slides as cheat sheets, avoid text on slides, know what messages you need to get across, use images to illustrate these Engage with your slides. Talk through them. Point at panels. Gauge your audience’s understanding by making eye contact with them Avoid using abbreviations. Most people do not readily understand these and will lose track
Lab 11 Assessment - Heart Development
Read the following recent review article on heart repair and from the reference list identify a cited research article and write a brief summary of the paper's main findings. Then describe how the original research result was used in the review article. <pubmed>26932668</pubmed>Development
ANAT2341Lectures - Textbook chapters   Lecture (Timetable) Textbook - The Developing Human Textbook - Larsen's Human Embryology Embryology Introduction Introduction to the Developing Human Fertilization First Week of Human Development Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and First Week Week 1 and 2 Second Week of Human Development Second Week: Becoming Bilaminar and Fully Implanting Week 3 Third Week of Human Development Third Week: Becoming Trilaminar and Establishing Body Axes Mesoderm Fourth to Eighth Weeks of Human Development Fourth Week: Forming the Embryo Ectoderm Nervous System Development of the Central Nervous System Early Vascular Cardiovascular System Development of the Vasculature Placenta Placenta and Fetal Membranes Development of the Vasculature Endoderm - GIT Alimentary System Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract Respiratory Respiratory System Development of the Respiratory System and Body Cavities Head Pharyngeal Apparatus, Face, and Neck Development of the Pharyngeal Apparatus and Face Neural Crest Nervous System Development of the Peripheral Nervous System Musculoskeletal Muscular System Development of the Musculoskeletal System Limb Development of Limbs Development of the Limbs Renal Urogenital System Development of the Urinary System Genital Urogenital System Development of the Urinary System Stem Cells Integumentary Integumentary System Development of the Skin and Its Derivatives Endocrine Covered through various chapters (see also alternate text), read head and neck, neural crest and renal chapters. Endocrinology Textbook - Chapter Titles   Nussey S. and Whitehead S. Endocrinology: An Integrated Approach (2001) Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers; ISBN-10: 1-85996-252-1. Chapter 1. Principles of endocrinology Chapter 2. The endocrine pancreas Chapter 3. The thyroid gland Chapter 4. The adrenal gland Chapter 5. The parathyroid glands and vitamin D Chapter 6. The gonad Chapter 7. The pituitary gland Chapter 8. Cardiovascular and renal endocrinology Full Table of Contents Heart Cardiovascular System Development of the Heart Sensory Development of Eyes and Ears Development of the Eyes Fetal Fetal Period Fetal Development and the Fetus as Patient Birth and Revision Additional Textbook Content - The following concepts also form part of the theory material covered throughout the course. Principles and Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Dysmorphogenesis Common Signaling Pathways Used During Development Human Birth Defect ANAT2341 Course Timetable   Week (Mon) Lecture 1 (Mon 1-2pm) Lecture 2 (Tue 3-4pm) Practical (Fri 1-3pm) Week 2 (1 Aug) Introduction Fertilization Lab 1 Week 3 (8 Aug) Week 1 and 2 Week 3 Lab 2 Week 4 (15 Aug) Mesoderm Ectoderm Lab 3 Week 5 (22 Aug) Early Vascular Placenta Lab 4 Week 6 (29 Aug) Gastrointestinal Respiratory Lab 5 Week 7 (5 Sep) Head Neural Crest Lab 6 Week 8 (12 Sep) Musculoskeletal Limb Development Lab 7 Week 9 (19 Sep) Renal Genital Lab 8 Mid-semester break Week 10 (3 Oct) Public Holiday Stem Cells Lab 9 Week 11 (10 Oct) Integumentary Endocrine Lab 10 Week 12 (17 Oct) Heart Sensory Lab 11 Week 13 (24 Oct) Fetal Birth and Revision Lab 12 ANAT2341 2016: Moodle page | ECHO360 | Textbooks | Students 2016 | Projects 2016

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Lab 1 Assessment

<pubmed> PMC4770082 </pubmed>

Short Summary Of Findings

The results of this paper suggest that human oocyte developmental potential can be predicted by the quality and maturation of the oocyte prior to fertilisation, (at the 2PN, pronucleus phase). The experiential design outlined in the paper involved measuring the mechanical properties of mouse and human zygotes using minimally invasive technologies (such as micropipette aspiration) to determine which were most predictive of viability (viability was defined as embryos that would most likely survive to blastocyst stage of development.) The results showed that individual parameters had limited predictive power on viability, however when considered together there was a greater distinction between viable and non-viable embryos. Through the use of statistical analysis it was found that their method of classification to predict embryo blastocyst formation that was based on these mechanical properties had >90% precision, 95% specificity and 75% sensitivity. Mice received embryos that were predicted to be either viable or non-viable based on their mechanical properties, which positively correlated to the mice who later had live births. The experimenters then investigated firstly whether there was a correlation between the viable and non-viable embryos and their gene expression, and secondly how/why these mechanical parameters correlated with viability. Interestingly they found that non-viable embryos had a reduced/different expression of some genes that are important for processes including, but not limited to, regulating cell cycle, oocyte maturation, chromosome segregation, DNA repair and telomere maintenance, thus suggesting that zygote gene expression correlates with viability. They also found that non-viable oocytes might undergo suboptimal fertilisation. Some genes that were identified to be differentially expressed in viable and non-viable embryos are important for fertilisation, including some whose products are found on the oocyte plasma membrane and in its zona pellucida, where if expressed incorrectly could potentially inhibit sperm-egg binding. Additionally, a reduced expression for a gene coding for a sperm protein was identified in non-viable zygotes, as well as a receptor that is involved in initiating the calcium oscillations that leads to cortical granule release and zona-hardening (which assists in the prevention of polyspermy.) Therefore in conclusion, this research demonstrates a way to accurately predict embryo viability early on in development, at the pronucleus stage, suggesting that embryo developmental potential is determined pre-fertilisation. This research has relevant applications in embryo selection process in IVF clinics.

Mark Hill 18 August 2016 - You have added the citation correctly and written a good summary of the article's main findings. I guess the question is what provides the zygote viscoelastic properties and sperm gene expression?

Assessment 5/5

Lab 2 Assessment

Rbm24a and rbm24b are expressed throughout somitogenesis

Mark Hill 29 August 2016 - All information Reference, Copyright and Student Image template correctly included with the file and referenced on your page here.

Assessment 5/5

Lab 3 Assessment

Mark Hill 31 August 2016 - Lab 3 Assessment Quiz - Mesoderm and Ectoderm development. Question 3 - brain vesicles

Assessment 4/5

References

fertilization PMID 27486480