Vertebrate Histology
Welcome to Vertebrate Histology (ZOO 4753)! zoom in on histology, is an interactive website designed by Dr. Wilfredo Lopez-Ojeda, PhD and Dr. Yamel Ramirez, DMD. All light micrographs (LM’s) were prepared by Drs. Elizabeth Escarria, DMD and Wilfredo Lopez-Ojeda, PhD.; and edited by Dr. Wilfredo Lopez-Ojeda, PhD. The electron micrographs (EM’s) originate from varied resources. This Website will serve as your online resource for the course and is required for both, lectures and laboratory components throughout the semester. Outlined below are a few of the features of this site. Please familiarize yourself with them. All material herein, is password-protected. All rights reserved. Illicit access and unauthorized copying or reproduction of the materials will be considered a violation of copyright. The author has chosen WordPress Inc. as an independent web resource external and isolated from the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Features
The home page will serve for class announcements. Be sure to check the site frequently, every week to keep yourself abreast of new announcements, including changes in schedules, lab review sessions, etc.
If an announcement has Comments enabled, you may post comments, suggestions, or questions pertaining to that post. Keep your comments brief and appropriate. For private communication, always use email.
This Website also offers the convenience of subscribing to its RSS feed for use with news readers (aggregators) or the Firefox Web browser. For more on RSS feeds, please visit RSS Info. For more on Firefox RSS feeds, please visit Live Bookmarks.
Assignment
For those of you that have not yet completed this task, tonight, your assignment will be to post a comment to this welcome post. You should include the following in your comment:
1. First & Last name
2. Major(s), Minors, degrees, etc.
3. Year in college (senior, junior, etc.)
4. Indicate whether you are pre-professional and if so, what track (pre-medicine, pre-dental, etc.)
5. In one or two sentences, indicate what you plan on getting out of this course
The purpose for this assignment is twofold: First, is to get acquainted… Second, is to get comment approval so you can comment on future posts.
Thanks for participating, and we look forward to working with you!
Catherine Bailey
Molecular and Microbiology and Biology Major, Health Science Minor
Senior
Pre-medicine
I’m want to be able to look at slides of cells and identify them better than what I can do now, because right now it is a huge weakness and most of the time I don’t know what I’m looking at.
Bailey House
Post-baccalaureate psychology major, pre-medicine
I want to identify and differentiate cells on a microscopic level and prepare myself for the rigors of medical school.
Jay Rocca
Health Sciences- Preclinical, psychology minor
Junior
Pre-med
What I hope to get out of this class is a understanding of histology and hopefully be able to carry that with me into medical school and beyond.
Vanessa D Martinez
Biology Major, Pre-Med, Senior
I’m taking this course for personal knowledge and most obviously to better prepare myself for med school.
Kelly Hayes
M&M major, Business minor
Not sure of UCF status…I don’t keep track. Lol!
I’m taking this class to become proficient in recognizing tissues and cell components (as well as abnormalities) microscopically.
Michael Chambers
M&M major, Music minor
Senior
Pre-medical
I hope to achieve a thorough understanding of histology, both to prepare for medical school, and because it seems like a fascinating field of study.
Michael Neubrander
Biology major
Post grad
Pre Med
I want to get a head start on the mass amount of learning ahead of me in medical school.
Maria Camila Pulido
Pre-professional Biology Major
Senior
I intend to further my knowledge in histology includying the hability to recognize tissues and its pathologies as well as the state of art technology available for such purpose. Graduate school in molecular cell biology is my goal.
Morvarid Moini
Graduated with my Biology degree. Currently doing a post baccalaureate.
Pre-dental
I’ve recently been accepted to dental school. My current goal is to advance my knowledge in courses that will help me during my first year of dental school.
Elliott Richardson
Completed bachelor’s in psychology.
Continuing now to fulfill some pre-requisites for medical school and to also further my knowledge of the field of medicine. From what I have been told by current medical students, histology is certainly worth taking to prepare you for medical school. I also find histology fascinating and look forward to learning a lot in this class.