Teaching

Jeff typically teaches Zoo 470 (Introduction to Animal Development) and in Biocore 383 (Cellular Biology) in the spring semester. In fall 2026 he filled in Biology/Zoology 151 (Introductory Biology). You can check our descriptions on the Zoology course guide page and the Biocore course guide page. He’s also a textbook author. Biocore 383 uses Becker’s World of the Cell, 10e.

Links to UW Educational Sites of Interest
UW–Madison Biocore Program main page
UW–Madison Zoology Courses (Department of Biology)

Links to Other Educational Sites of Interest
Center for Cell Dynamics: Time-lapse Gallery | Live Label Movie Gallery | 3d Confocal Movies
George Von Dassow’s site (U. Oregon) [note: embedded movies won’t currently play due to deprecated QuickTime plugin]
CBE: Life Sciences Education
WormClassroom
Society for Developmental Biology educational resources
The Node (Company of Biologists) educational resources
American Society for Cell Biology education page
Cell Image Library

World of the Cell, 10e

WOC 10e cover

World of the Cell, 9e

WOC_9e_cover

World of the Cell, 8e

WOC_8e_cover