Optogenetics: From Design to Cell Signalling to Tissue Morphogenesis

This course will be focused specifically on the new and emerging field of non-neuronal optogenetics. The possibility to modulate signaling pathways and cell behavior with high spatio-temporal precision offers entirely novel approaches to dissect molecular mechanisms governing morphogenesis and homeostasis from the cell to the organismal scale.

Topics: optogenetics, non-neuronal optogenetics, cell behaviour, molecular mechanisms, morphogenesis, homeostasis, photoreceptors, bioinformatics, mammalian cells, microscopy