Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Science
Lecture Code	HK450036	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	卒業研究
Subject Name （Katakana）	ソツギョウケンキュウ
Subject Name in English	Special Study for Graduation
Instructor	SUZUKI MAKOTO
Instructor (Katakana)	スズキ　マコト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	4th-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Inte
Lesson Style	Research	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
			Discussion, student presentation, molecular biology experiments, developmental biology experiments, research report preparation
Credits	4.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	4 : Undergraduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	26 : Biological and Life Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Life Sciences
Eligible Students	undergraduates
Keywords	Development, Birth defects, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Regeneration, Transgenesis, Genome Editing, Xenopus, Human Disease
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Biology （Comprehensive Abilities） ・To absorb cutting-edge knowledge, acquire high-level skills, learn how to conduct research, improve presentation ability through discussion, summarize research results as a graduation thesis, and deliver presentations.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Students are expected to acquire basic skills and knowledge of developmental biology and molecuclar biology by performing experiments and reading research reports in the lab.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Basics of developmental biology (1) lesson2 Basics of developmental biology (2) lesson3 Basics of developmental biology (3) lesson4 Basics of developmental biology (4) lesson5 Basics of developmental biology (5) lesson6 Basics of developmental biology (6) lesson7 Basic molecular cloning (1) lesson8 Basic molecular cloning (2) lesson9 Basic molecular cloning (3) lesson10 Basics of transgenesis (1) lesson11 Basics of transgenesis (2) lesson12 Basics of transgenesis (3) lesson13 Basics of gene function analysis (1) lesson14 Basics of gene function analysis (2) lesson15 Basics of gene function analysis (3) Students are evaluated with respect to the abilities to propose a hypothesis and examine it by experiments, in place of regular exams.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Developmental Biology, Thirteenth Edition (ISBN: 9780197574591) Principles of Development, Sixth Edition (ISBN: 9780198800569) Ecological Developmental Biology, Second Edition (ISBN: 9781605353449) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Fourth Edition (ISBN: 978-1-936113-42-2) Xenopus: A Laboratory Manual (ISBN: 978-1-621821-80-9)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams
	(More Details)	Text, handout, voice tools, photos/pictures/movies (video/PC/others)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Paired Reading, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Role Play, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Project Learning, Flip Teaching, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please understand backgrounds and underlying principles of research and experimental protocols.
Requirements
Grading Method	Students are evaluated with respect to the abilities to propose a scientifically interesting hypothesis and to examine it appropriately by experiments.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This course mainly conducts research on the molecular mechanisms of organogenesis in vertebrates and birth defects. If you are interested, please feel free to come and talk to us.
Other
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