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Course Syllabus

Week Date Lecture Readings
    I. Microbial Cell Biology
1 1-27 It's a Microbial World! Prescott Ch. 1
1-29 Microbial Growth Prescott Ch. 7
1-31 Control of Microbial Growth Prescott Ch. 8
2 2-3 Nutrition Prescott Ch. 6
2-5 Cell Structure and Function I Prescott Ch. 3
2-7 Cell Structure and Function II Prescott Ch. 3
3 2-10 Flagellar Motility as a Paradigm
2-12 Metabolism I Prescott Ch. 9 pages 208-222.
Prescott Ch. 10 pages 228-254.
2-14 Metabolism II
4 2-17 Microbial Diversity Prescott Ch. 17.                                
  II. Microbial Genetics
2-19 DNA Replication Prescott Ch. 12 pp. 297-305
2-21 EXAM I
5 2-24 Horizontal Gene Transfer I Prescott Ch. 14 pp. 363-376
2-26 Horizontal Gene Transfer II
2-28 Horizontal Gene Transfer III
6 3-2 DNA Repair / Mutation Prescott Ch. 14 pp. 363-376
3-4 Transcription Prescott Ch. 13 pages 331-342
3-6 Regulation of Transcription
7 3-9 Two-Component Systems I Prescott Ch. 13 pp. 346-354
3-11 Two-Component Systems II
3-13 (log in with your Reed credentials) Prescott Ch. 15
8  3-16 Quorum Sensing Prescott Ch. 13 pp. 355-356
III. Interactions of Microbes and Hosts
3-18 Introduction to Infectious Disease Prescott Ch. 31
3-20 EXAM II
SPRING BREAK
9 3-30 Brazilian Purpuric Fever- Case Study
4-1 Biofilms Prescott Ch. 7 pp. 183-18
4-3 Secretion I
10 4-6 Secretion II
4-8 E. coli O157
4-10 Multi-Drug Resistance Prescott Ch. 34 pp. 843-847
11 4-13 The Microbiome I Prescott Ch. 30 pp. 731-736
4-15 The Microbiome II
4-18 Viruses: Introduction Prescott Ch. 5
12 4-20 Bacteriophage I Prescott Ch. 5
4-22 Bacteriophage II
4-24 FILM: The Virus That Cures  
13 4-27 Influenza I Prescott Ch. 37 pages 899-903.
4-29 Influenza II
5-1 Vaccinology Reading TBD
  5-11 FINAL EXAM 6-9 pm B-19