Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Class at Mendel University and Arboretum

It is Wednesday at Mendel University for the UCD Study Abroad Class' "Genetics - Mendel to Genomics".  Today, Dr. Sanders is covering Chapter 3 on cell division, meiosis and its connections to Mendel's principles, sex-linked inheritance, sex determination, and mammalian random X inactivation. The class meets in a new classroom in the newly built (finished in May!) Mendel Pavilon - this is the first class held in the new building!




The classroom where they meet for lecture

 

Mark and Brian (the tutor) during a problem-solving session
 
 
 
 
After class today, they were taken on a tour of the University's arboretum by the Dr. Ladislav Havel, who is a professor and chairman of the Department of Plant Biology at Mendel University:
 

Dr. Havel explaining the history and purpose of the Arboretum, which started in the 1930's



 
Entering the orchid garden --





Plants on the sloping rock structure are sagiforms which live in sand and on rocks.  The slope structure allows the plants' capillary action to draw water upslope.





Dr. Havel takes a photo of the class.

 
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  1. Isabel IsherwoodAugust 14, 2013 at 5:50 PM

    These are great photos and I love the captions. What an interesting trip this is. It has to be quite an honor for these young people to experience Mendel's path. I loved the orchids. The gardens were just lovely.

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