Alanna contributes to teaching in the Biology Department at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels.
Courses Taught
BIOL 389 Laboratory in Neurobiology (Winter)
Alanna teaches a module where students use extracellular recordings to assay Purkinje cell firing rates in cerebellar tissue. Students can design, implement, and analyze data for their own experiment!
BIOL 210 Perspectives of Science (Fall)
Alanna has been teaching this course since 2020, together with Prof. Hendricks. It is a required course for students doing a minor in Science, and can also be an elective for students in Science. This is a fun class teaching about the Science, and one not to miss!
BIOL 580 Genetic Approaches to Neural Systems (Winter)
Together with Prof. Hendricks, Alanna teaches this course that focuses on reading current neuroscience literature. The course make-up is about half graduate, half undergraduate students. Undergraduate students should be in their final year, and should ideally have lab experience.
BIOL 219 Introduction to Physical Biology of the Cell (Fall)
Alanna teaches a module on the electrical properties of cells in this Introductory Y1 undergraduate course for Quantitative Biology students.
BIOL 306 The Neural Basis of Behaviour (Fall)
Alanna taught this course until 2022, together with Profs. Dent and Sakata.
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