Eukaryotic cell biology highlights the differences between prokaryotes and members of the animal and plant kingdoms which are eukaryotes.  The class highlights structures unique to eukaryotes.  We discuss the complex cable networks used for cell motility, intracellular trafficking, and cell integrity, examine the importance of compartmentalization in generating intracellular environments and the use of intracellular membranes in the formation of organelles to house these environments. 

   
   
   
     
We also discuss the complex trafficking issues that arise due to compartmentalization and the need to target both small molecules and macromolecules to the proper cellular milieu.  Finally, we examine how cell division necessitates a massive rearrangement of the internal structures to produce a daughter cell and the regulation of these events that occurs during tissue and organ development.