MCD BIO 104BLAdvanced Research Analysis in Developmental Biology
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Limited to Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology majors. Investigation to be primarily computational in nature whereby students use bioinformatics or mathematical modeling software to interpret, expand, or refine datasets. Use of graphics software to prepare figures and illustrations for presentations, posters, reports, and websites (database entries). Research accomplishments discussed in weekly seminar-style meetings in which student groups create PowerPoint slides and formally present results to class. Production of team poster and final report describing entire research project required.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Enforced requisite: course 104AL.
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MCD BIO 104BL
- MCD BIO 104ALResearch Immersion Laboratory in Developmental Biology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- LIFESCI 107Genetics
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