Microbiology with Lab

An estimated 90% of the biomass of the whole biosphere is constituted by microbes. They constitute the root of the tree of life, playing variable roles from recyclers of organic molecules and atmospheric gases to foundations of powerful technologies in the sciences.  This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of microbiology and allow you to explore the many ways in which microbes affect and are used in our world.  Topics covered in this course include fundamental aspects of microbiology including microbial diversity, cell structure/function, physiology, genetics, reproduction, and host-parasite relationships.


Learning outcomes

• Describe historical aspects of microorganisms' impacts on human societies.
• Describe the characteristics of bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa, parasites and prions as they relate to medical microbiology
• Compare the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
• Identify the fundamentals of microbial reproduction, growth and control.
• Explain pathogenic features of disease causing microbes.
• Evaluate the basic immune response to infection by microbial agents.
• Apply fundamental stains, basic staining techniques, and corresponding bacterial and fungal morphology
• Demonstrate the uses of the various media and metabolic/enzymatic testing protocols

Note: The course includes a laboratory component that introduces the student to basic techniques and procedures used by microbiologists such as handling microbes, methods of identification and quantification of microorganisms, aseptic techniques, isolation of a single colony, and preparation and examination of stained slides. The student will also receive training in data analysis, scientific reasoning, and scientific writing. This hands on laboratory involves multi-day experiments that the student performs at her/his house and except few household items all the materials are included in the purchased kit from HOL Sciences.

The approximate cost of the labpaq is $350 + shipping.

You will recceive instructions on where to order the kit from your instructor on the first day of class.

 

Course Number: BIOL-40335
Credit: 6.00 unit(s)

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9/25/2023 - 12/18/2023

$945

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  176190

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  Zeigler, Lisa

  Dr. Lisa Zeigler (Allen) is an Assistant Research Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD) and Assistant Professor in the Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group at the J. Craig Venter Institute. Dr. Zeigler Allen received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Washington State University and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). She has extensive experience in the area of viral genomics, specifically using environmental metagenomic and metatranscriptomic tools to investigate food web interactions in the ocean. In addition, Dr. Zeigler Allen has developed curricula as part of local outreach for K-12 students related to the oceans, their microbiome, and connections to human-influenced perturbations to ...Read More

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Fernandez Ochoa, Maria, Marketing Communications Manager, MO BIO Laboratories

  Maria Wendy Ochoa, Ph.D., is currently the marketing communications manager at MO BIO Laboratories, a biotech company that develops molecular biology kits for microbiologists  Previously, she was the manager of the electron microscopy facility at the Sanford-Burnham Institute. She has extensive experience in structural biology, in particular, x-ray crystallography, Cryo-electron microscopy and electron tomography.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Microbiology: An Introduction 13th
  by Tortora, Gerard, B. Funke & C. Case
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780134605180

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 10/2/2023.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  9/25/2023 - 12/18/2023
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.