Education-Course Descriptions
149. Emerging Model Systems in Microbiology: Using Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Study Complex Systems
This course uses the discussion of emerging model systems to illustrate important concepts in microbiology. The format will combine lectures and the discussion of primary literature/ review articlesÑsimilar to the format of the Molecular Pathogenesis course (M/I 148). An important goal of the course is to introduce graduate students to potential topics for post-doctoral research and to some of the faculty that work in these areas. Each course period will focus on an individual topic in some depth. There will be a 1 hour lecture followed by 1 hour for the discussion of papers related to the topic of the day. Students will be expected to present papers in one class (which have been selected and compiled), prepare a series of questions to facilitate discussion (prepared in consultation with the instructor and distributed to the class in advance), and discuss these papers (using the prepared questions as a guide) in the context of material covered in the lecture portion of the class. Guests will include 2-3 people from the Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series who work on model systems discussed in the class. The schedule of the course will be arranged such that the papers are discussed the week before the visiting speaker's seminar. The students will meet with the speaker immediately after the seminar for an informal discussion and reception. Attending this discussion/reception will be required for the students in the class, but open to any students that want to attend.
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. O'Toole.