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Cellular differentiation is defined as the process by which a cell acquires a different structure and functions relative to another cell. Cellular specialization continues this process by turning a general or common cell into a specific type of cell meant for a particular task (e.g., neurons for neural conduction, muscle cells for contraction and relaxation). In biological systems, cells, according to their genetic material, are able to undergo differentiation and specialization to organize themselves as tissues to carry out complex functions for the organism to which they belong. The initiation of these processes goes as far back as the first days after conception, determining the routes of differentiation and specialization that the following generations of stem cells will take.
In this course, the discussion will center around the basic concepts of cellular division, differentiation, and specialization. For optimal comprehension, the student will be required to have preliminary, college-grade knowledge of molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry.
Dr. Georgina Cornwall is a Biology Instructor and currently works as an Instructional Designer in the private sector, developing interactive online training materials.
She obtained her PhD in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology at the University of Colorado, USA, in 2000, and has since taught a broad array of biology courses at various US universities.
She is an active promoter of hybrid/online teaching formats and interactive courses, and has received several awards for her engaging and innovative course design; e.g., she was named Adjunct Faculty of the Year at Colorado Mountain College in Aspen twice.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Cornwall teaches courses on Biology & Genetics.
Dr. Peter J. Ward is a Professor of Gross Anatomy at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in West Virginia, USA.
He obtained his PhD in Medical Anatomy Education from Purdue University in 2005. Currently, he is a respected teacher and researcher in the fields of anatomy, histology, embryology, neuroscience and approaches to learning and teaching.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Ward teaches courses on Embryology.
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The information is presented in a way that is easy to understand! Thank you ????
An excellent and detailed description of each phase with emphases on correct language.
I really like it because it help me to pronounce but for comprehension of other people who are not mother tongue they need lap tops and ample time to apply ecological education system.
lack of information no explanation ,its like you are reading headings. and the quiz questions are poorly made.
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The information is presented in a way that is easy to understand! Thank you ????
An excellent and detailed description of each phase with emphases on correct language.
I really like it because it help me to pronounce but for comprehension of other people who are not mother tongue they need lap tops and ample time to apply ecological education system.
lack of information no explanation ,its like you are reading headings. and the quiz questions are poorly made.
There are mistakes in the video and they make the material more confusing than it should be.
I understood very well the topics. I learned things I didn't before in school
FINALLY! I get replicated homologous chromosomes! Professor Cornwall cleared up a haze I had about this point for years in 3 seconds. I don't understand why there are not more people who emphasis the difference between homologous and replicated homologous chromosomes. Thank you Professor Cornwall.
Very informative and detailed. It allows you to understand the concepts on a fundamental level.
Like the step-by-step discussion. Make it easier for me.
Its a really good course, but I got lost finding what structure they were talking about, because there was no pointer.
Excellent!! Thank you! Well explained and easy to remember. Thanks for the questions
I liked these explanations, but if you are a college student this may not be for you
I am enjoying watching the words in Spanish and am re-learning with my limitedly available time! Plus, doing the questions afterward helps. Thank you to Dr. Ward, also, for his clear lectures!
This needs to be slowed down and more visual than it is.
I loved this lecture! Now I truly understand the first two weeks of embryo development! Thanks Dr.Peter !
Nice course very complete in every sense, I like it, keep like that.
Too fast and sometimes lacking pretty basic, though essential details about the whole process.
Hello Professor Ward. M1 student from CA here. I just wanted to say that I think these lectures are super awesome, and thank you for taking the time for ensuring good quality while also making great responses to student questions.
I find embryology confusing and this video really helped me out, thank you
I was totally confused and feeling overwhelmed with this topic, but once I started watching the videos everything became clear. Now due to to this course and the excellent explanations, I feel ready for my embryology test.
I like the format - the lectures are "short and sweet". The lecturer is reasonable easy to listen to. Perhaps it is just because this is a foundation course, but it does feel this material may not be in-depth enough for USMLE step 1. (Or perhaps because it's re-used for non-USMLE students?). The questions are just "okay". There are a few errors, and a couple questions could be worded better. It also seems that some of these questions are testing material that seems only marginally important, and may not be very "high-yield". I wish there was an option to flag review questions to not be included in the "spaced repetition". The "spaced repetition" idea should be for memorizing the most important details, and I don't really want to be memorizing questions that I think are of little importance, incorrect, or poorly worded. (It'd also be a good way your you at Lecturio to decide which questions should be revised - if many people flag it as "don't review again", the question probably needs revision.)
the instructor is very clear and is easy to follow
Everything is confusing. The diagrams and what she was saying didnt allign. ALso she never gave the answer to the number of chromosomes in each stage of meiosis and mitosis
Excellent course. When I get tired of reading the books, I come here, review or do intro to concepts. Some that are not clear in the books are presented here in a manner that is user-friendly and understandable. I also like the note section.
the lecture was given brief and accurate. i loved the way dr. Peter Ward conveyed his knowledge. it was worth it. Thank You so much for giving me the free premium to continue my studies.I am very grateful to the lecturio team
The video episodes are way too short, need to go back and start over every 3-4 minutes. I think there should be a option to view the topic in one full video. Otherwise the subjects are well covered in an understandable manner. Many thanks
MA SHA ALLAH.. It was great and easy to understand I am glad
One of the better lectures for this complicated subject. Images and slides are well illustrated.
Concise and to the point for basic understandment of the subject.
Content is very less otherwise teaching is nice but in all the subjects content is very less.
Y chose 5 stars because the classes are really clear and well explained... the way the teacher explains the concepts makes it easier to study. Thanks
Great Lecturer! Concise and exactly what I need! Video animation would be great to have. Thank you!
Need lot of detailed explanations.. especially in videos. The teacher is really good but the script is lacking too much.
I love this app but can get a little confusing when the professor uses the wrong words or accidentally says the wrong thing. Do you not edit errors out? It’s a great platform just needs a few tweaks here and there.
La sintesis de los temas a desarrollar estan muy bien elaboradoos , seria mas comprensible si las traducciones se pudiesen leer con mas facilidad
This is pretty good introduction! haha how to control the cell cycle
perfect and it was easy to follow . i like the way of questions
too fast too fast too fast too fast too fast
I like so much the content of this course and how the doctor provide the information
This video, with the previous two videos are amazing. Taking embryology in med school was like greek or hebrew. Your teaching style is very helpful to dissect the processes into understandable segments. Our professor taught by day of development so there was lots of jumping around. I like the discussion of one layer from flat layer to cells to folding, to closure, etc. Very well done. Moose Henderson, PhD
Concise with good use of slides and professional presence and dress.
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he is too fast and diagrams used in this lectures are different and we cant imagine and is tough to understand. i saw the YouTube several times to understand what he is saying
Too fast I can not understand and imagine. Youtube animations are better.
This series of lectures saved me days of studying in my exam period in 1st semester of medschool :)
Almost no information really disappointing. Use Step 1 2018 page 46 ... Even a student could have presented the topic in more depth as it is important.
I believe that she is a great lecturer but, the issue is the way of delivering the lesson and how much was she ready to record the tuition. anyway it was a good experience for both of us, she let me search a lot for the genetics to unwind condense informations :)
The lecturer did not appear confident looking into notes too often. Too many hand gestures are a distraction especially when not pointing to the stuff on the slides. The material was not presented in an easy or simple way. Made it more complicated that it actually is. I feel difficulty in continuing to the next lectures without understanding this.
w/ very clear explanations! i also like how the points are very clinically relevant. thank you!
I feel like she is just reading notes that she has been just handed over.
Dr. Cornwall is very thorough and paces herself very well in relating core concepts.
Highly organized and well structured lecture. He clearly sets out events on a timeline and explains what happens. Engaging.
Really great lecturer who utilizes excellent diagrams. Engaging and easy to follow.
Feels like she is not comfortable with information she is teaching. Accuracy of information (and spelling!) is sometimes questionable.
The lectures are concise, very to the point but yet hit all the critical points and it is very easy to understand. Embryology for me is really difficult to picture. However, after watching these videos, I feel as though I can finally make sense out of what I am reading and what is being presented in class.
Great Explanation !! I wish we would have had you as a teacher. :)
Thank you for every lecture this course! It's so good to understand a topic that isn't easy and have a view general for the start it's so important to learn more deeply. Let's go for more!
Clear and concise. Also appreciate the pace that he was going. Wish there were more questions though
I´m coursing embriology at the moment and this course is very interesting, I like the way he teaches.
Amazing lecture! Loved listening to this. Great explanation and makes it interesting to watch.
Good lecture, but not USMLE focused. This is more of a general biology lecture than a USMLE prep lecture. It seems to me that Lecturio is not making the difference between MCAT prep and USMLE prep. The lectures look more like MCAT prep lectures and not USMLE.
I like the way she expresses, you can easily understand her
best prof in the world explains everything so good that even a kid will understand
i like how he explain all and the images like support are amazing
Nothing on how p53 relates to RB or how p53 induces p21 to inhibit CDK thus acting as a tumor suppressor by not allowing cell cycle progression. This info is found in the the First Aid for the USMLE so it is probably important.
Interesting and engaging, definitely someone i can follow and learn from.
It was easy for me to follow the professor as he was explaining the materials. I could understand the concepts and the process.
The lecture was clear and the material is high quality. I wish it was made a little bit clearer what the neural plate is.
This is a great lecturer who gives great detailed explanation. Unfortunately, he's limited by Lecturio, as it hasn't been able to incorporate videos as visual aid to the lectures yet. Embryo, particularly, is very complex an image to mind picture, especially to young learners, and when you feel there were a few things left to imagination, you know something is missing. I believe videos would be the cherry on top, and would make a great tool for what I think it is almost a perfect way of learning, as it is Lecturio and its lecturers.
thank you very much finally, i understood embryology you made it easy, understandable, and fun to learn
Great Teacher, enjoyed every single second watching these lectures. I couldn't ask for more. Great lectures Ever!
Very clear what is going on. I understand it much better.
I have hated Embryology since my first medical school year,ten years later I stil do. Afer watching this course all of informations finally make sense ..Thank you very much
Thank you very much!! So funny and interesting! I laughed many times LoL also learned A Loooot!!!
First step to refresh and understand different concepts. Highly recommended.
I like the fact that the lectures are detailed and Dr.Cornwall makes it fun and easy to understand.
Great lecturer who is knowledgeable about the subject. However the animations in both mitosis and meiosis would have been in motion so the explanations were tuff to follow. overall good attempt. keep up the good job.
It is super understandably explained :-) I really enjoy listening to you!
Really nice man! Quick and concise videos. Keep up the work.
Very informative and easy for understanding. Helpfull for my NBDE 1 .
Best lecture i have had so far. Prepared me for the embryo credit test in first year of medical school in 1 hour
The topics r taught soooo easily that,u can understand even if with a little knowledge...
Everything makes a lot more sense now and the visual aids are also very helpful. Thanks!
The lecturer uses great analogies to make concepts easier to understand.
amazing comprehensive lecture. never had such clear idea about embrology.
GREAT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR, THE LAST COURSE WAS NOT SO GOOD, THIS PROFESSOR IS REALLY AMAZING, I HOPE THAT HE TEACHES THE FORMATION OF ALL THE SYSTEMS, LECTURIO SIMPLY THE BEST.
these lectures are great...very well explained ..topics are so very complex though..
Good clear concept review. Could use more specifics regarding cyclin and cdks.
She spends half an hour explaining the steps of meiosis and doesn't even get into details... I'm not sure how she can manage to explain such simple topics in such a long time (it's half a movie time, for God's sake!). She should base her lectures on Molecular Biology of the Cell, by Bruce Alberts et al., AT A MINIMUM. Lecturio has many excelling lecturers; unfortunately, Dr. Cornwall is not one of them.
Well, I love the way Dr. G explains, however, the lecture on cell control wasn't the best and needed more explanations and needed to be more simplified . I put five stars because Dr. G has helped me a lot and made Biology a fun course.
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