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Professor Jeffrey D. Macklis, who co-teaches SCRB 180 with Professor Paola Arlotta has been working for the past 15 years on the development and regeneration of neurons and brain circuitry in mice. He has also received significant grant money from the Travis Roy Foundation for his research (the two have become good friends...
...cells. In specifically examining motor neurons that connect the brain to the spinal cord, Macklis aims to grow new neurons in damaged or malfunctioning parts of the brain and reactivating the controls and skills those parts once had. But despite their own expertise, Macklis and Arlotta invited Roy as a speaker to demonstrate the human side of stem cell science, while allowing Macklis to derive with the class what cells and circuits are injured and in need of repair...
SCRB 180 also emphasizes the dynamic methods behind the medicine. The teaching style is partially Socratic, and Macklis and Arlotta step away from traditional lectures to encourage student discussion and interpretation of the science. While there are two textbooks, and weekly readings, they are only meant to provide a foundation for individual inquiry...
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