Paola Arlotta

Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University

Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, transforms traditional lecture courses into environments of active inquiry, experimentation, and brainstorming. Her ambitious featured course, Got (New) Brain?: The Evolution of Brain Regeneration, explores evolutionary changes in the nervous system regeneration of various organisms, introducing students to innovative experiments and the latest theories on cellular reprogramming. In this video, Paola and her students describe the course context and the broad range of content it covers.

Full Class Session

Watch the full class session featured in this instructor’s move videos to observe and reflect on teaching practices as they unfold. Click below to find a breakdown of all the class activities, with accompanying timestamps and descriptions. The video is also chaptered according to featured instructional moves, allowing you to see how these vignettes fit into the larger context of the session.