BIOL 5728 - Bacterial Pathogenesis

(3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 4 Credit Hours)

Bacterial Pathogenesis is intended to familiarize graduate students with advanced topics in medical microbiology and the study of infectious disease. The course includes detailed discussions of factors involved in the infectious disease process, epidemiology, host defenses, and bacterial virulence factors. In addition, graduate students will be required to analyze and critique articles from the scientific literature, to compose a synopsis of their literature research, and orally present their work to the class. An online, virtual laboratory component will focus on methods routinely used to isolate, culture, and identify bacterial pathogens.