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MBIO 2010 Tentative Lecture Schedule (open to revision)

Date

Topic

Related Reading

June

9

Introduction and course overview

Humans and the microbial world

 

Chapter 1

10

Humans and the microbial world

The molecules of life

Cont’d

Chapter 2

11

Microscopy and cell structure

Chapter 3

12

Dynamics of prokaryotic growth

Chapter 4

16

Control of microbial growth

Chapter 5

17

Metabolism: Fueling cell growth

The blueprint of life, from DNA to protein

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

18

The blueprint of life, from DNA to protein

Bacterial genetics

Cont’d

Chapter 8

19

Biotechnology and recombinant DNA

Identification and classification of prokaryotes

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

23

Lecture Examination I (100 points) (Chs. 1-10)

 

24

The diversity of prokaryotic organisms

The eukaryotic members of the microbial world

Viruses, prions, and virions

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13, 14

25

The innate immune response

The adaptive immune response

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

26

The adaptive immune response

Applications of immune responses

Cont’d

Chapter 17

30

Immunologic disorders

Host - microbe interactions

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

July

1

Host - microbe interactions

Epidemiology

Cont’d

Chapter 20

2

Antimicrobial medications

Chapter 21

3

Skin infections

Chapter 22

7

Lecture Examination II (100 points) (Ch. 11-21)

 

8

Wound infections

Respiratory system infections

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

9

Respiratory system infections

Gastrointestinal infections

Cont’d

Chapter 25

10

Genitourinary infections

Chapter 26

14

Nervous system infections

Chapter 27

15

Blood and lymphatic infections

  Chapter 28

16

H IV disease and complications of immunodeficiency

 Chapter 29

17

No Lecture, Study for final exam!

 

18

Final Exam (200 pts)

 

 

MBIO 2012 Tentative Laboratory Schedule (open to revision):

Date

Laboratory Topic

Related Text

6/9, 6/10

Orientation to the laboratory

Check - in

Safety lecture

 

6/11, 6/12

The microscope

Exercise 1

 

Handling and examining cultures

Exercise 2

6/16, 6/17

Hanging-drop and wet mount preparations

Exercise 3.1, 3.2

Simple stains

Exercise 4

6/18, 619

Introduction to differential stains

Differential stains

Gram stain

Acid-fast stain

 

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

Special stains

Bacterial endospore stain

Flagella and capsule stains

 

Exercise 7.1

Exercise 7.2

6/23, 6/24

Cultivation of Microorganisms

Culture media

Streaking technique

Pour-plate and subculture

 

Exercise 8

Exercise 9

Exercise 10

6/25, 6/26

Culturing microorganisms from the environment

  Exercise 11

Physical antimicrobial agents

Moist and dry heat

 

Exercise 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

The autoclave

 

6/30, 7/1

Lab Exam I (40 points)

 

Chemical antimicrobial agents

Disinfectants

Agar disk diffusion method

Broth dilution method

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Exercise 14

Exercise 15.1

Exercise 15.2

Diagnostic microbiology

Microbiology at the bedside

Collection and transport of specimens

Precautions for handling specimens

Normal flora

Pages 107 -109

7/2, 7/3

Culture of clinical specimens

Primary media for isolation

Metabolic activities of bacteria

Activities of bacterial enzymes

 

Exercise 16

Exercise 17

Exercise 18

7/7, 7/8

Observe and analyze results for lab exercises 16, 17, 18

 

7/9, 7/10

Laboratory Final (60 points)

Laboratory Reports Due (50 points)