Browse frequently offered courses related to microbial sciences.
Soils as central components of terrestrial ecosystems. Major emphasis is placed on physical, chemical, and biological properties and their relationships to plant growth and ecosystem processes.
Topics covered include molecular basis of secretion, vesicle transport, protein targeting, molecular motors and organelle biogenesis.
This upper-level course will provide a broad overview of the rapidly advancing field of modern immunology in both the basic and clinical sciences.
This course explores the ongoing research on different aspects of microbial communication and development including certain social phenomena like quorum sensing, biofilm development, and swarming m
This course covers the ecology of microbes by highlighting their interactions with each other and the environment. An emphasis is placed on Bacteria, Archaea, and their viruses. The course aims a
The Global Connections Course will immerse participants in a global community outside of the USA, to extend what is learned in the classroom about the impact of human infective pathogens and pandem
This course covers the basics of the biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics of chemotaxis and flagella, pill and adhesions, extracellular proteases, bacterial toxins, invasion and intracellu
This upper level undergraduate course will cover the biology of eukaryotic microbes and the environments in which they live.
This course is an introduction to epigenetics, the exciting field of research about heritable changes in gene function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence.
An introduction to the use of continuous and discrete differential equations in the biological sciences. Modeling in biology, physiology and medicine.
Background and Goals: The complexities of the biological sciences make interdisciplinary involvement essential and the increasing use of mathematics in biology is inevitable as bio
This course gives an overview of mathematical approaches to questions in the science of ecology. Topics include: formulation of deterministic and stochastic population models; dynamics of single-s
This course provides an introduction to the fungi through lectures, laboratories, and field trips.
This course introduces students to modern and classical concepts and methods for exploring microbial diversity from the perspective of the most numerous and diverse of these organisms, the bacteria
This course is an introduction to the modern theory and practice of scientific data analysis using both standard and innovative approaches.
Introductions to microbial metabolic processes and nutrition, thermodynamics of growth and energy generation, genetic and metabolic diversity, evolution and systematics, and microbial ecology. Emp
Principles governing the phenomena of single and interacting populations are examined, from basic tenets to cutting-edge research questions.
This course covers a broad range of pathways used by bacteria to replicate and maintain their genetic material.
Special Topics: Topics of current interest selected by faculty.
Linear models, definitions, fitting, identifiability, collinearity, Gauss-Markov theorem, variable selection, transformation, diagnostics, outliers and influential observations. ANOVA and ANCOVA.
This course covers a broad range of fundamental topics relevant to the study of complex systems.
This class does not require a formal background or even a strong background in math.
This course introduces graduate students to essential scientific communication skills.
Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology --- This course offers an introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research. It is intended to be the introductor