Date

Topics

Reading

1/12

1. Ch 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.7, 4.3-4.5, 18
2. Selling Soap
3. Pili Movie 1
4. Pili Movie 2

1/14

Ch 4.1, 13, 15

1/16

1. Handout on Reading a Scientific Paper

1/19

1/21

1. Ch 14, 19
2. 20,000 Microbes

1/23

1. Reguera et al, 2005
2. Study questions for Reguera et al, 2005

1/26

Ch 3.6, 7.1-7.3, 7.5

1/28

Ch 8.1-8.3

1/30

1. Osawa et al, 2007
2. Study questions for OsawaSQ.pdf
3. See also supporting online material at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5877/792

2/2

1. Ch 9
2. DNA transfer review

2/4

1. Ch 3.5, 4.2, 8.5
2. Mota et al, 2005
3. Richard Losick and Abraham L. Sonenshein

2/6

1. Srivatsan et al
2. Study Question for Srivatsan et al
3. Rise of the machine

2/9

Ch 5

2/11

1. Ch 7.6, 8.7
2. Goodner, 2003
3. Bonnie L. Bassler and Richard Losick
4. Andrew Pollack

2/13

2/16

Ch 4.7, p218-219, p643, p366-368

2/18

1. Ch 23.1, 23.2, 25 and 26
2. Source of deadly E. coli is found
3. In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza

(This is a lot of reading but we will keep coming back to these sections during this module so its all valuable, I promise!)

 

2/20

1. Mignot et al
2. Study Questions for Mignot et al

2/23

1. Ch 23.3-23.9, 24
2. Immunity’s early warning system

2/25

Ch 25, 26

2/27

1. Meehl et al
2. Study Questions for Meehl et al

3/2

1. Ch 4.6, p658-659, p711
2. Battling Biofilms
3. Biofilm Review
4. Pili Movie 1
5. Pili Movie 2

3/4

1. Gouin Review
2. ActABead.mov
3. BeadStartup.mov
4. extract.mov
5. Mission.mov
6. PtK2Lm.mov
7. seq1LmPtK2.mov

3/6

1. Mah et al
2. Study Questions for Mah et al

3/16

Frontline AIDS series

3/18

Dr. Vogel’s handouts

3/20

1. Gouin et al, Nature
2. Study Questions for Gouin et al, Nature

3/23

3/25

1. Ch 6.1-6.4, 6.6-6.7, p373-375
2. Deadly Bacteria Found to Be More Common - New York Times
3. Invasive Methicillin-Resistant SA
4. Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm - New York Times
5. Teams keep eye on turf abrasions, staph infections
6. Why Revive a Deadly Flu Virus

3/27

INFLUENZA 1918

3/30

1. Ch 6.5, 25.8, 26
2. Lamb and Jackson, 2005
3. The Flu Hunters
4. Alarm bells ring over bird flu threat
5. Why Revive a Deadly Flu Virus?
6. Deadly 1957 Strain of Flu Is Found in Lab-Test Kits
7. How (and How Not) to Battle Flu: A Tale of 23 Cities
8. What if a Flu Like 1918's Broke Out Now?

4/1

1. Ch 27
2. The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance
3. Strep Symptoms: When to Use Antibiotics
4. Recent Resurgence of Mumps in the United States
5. Genetic Vaccines
6. Swabs in Hand, Hospital Cuts Deadly Infections
7. FDA changes all 3 strains in 2008-09 flu vaccine

4/3

• Morens et al, 2008
• Study Questions for Morens et al, 2008

4/6

1. Ch 27
2. How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis
3. A $3 Water Purifier That Could Save Lives
4. Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis

4/8

• Ch 20
• Tackling Malaria

4/10

1. Habtewold et al, 2008
2. Study Questions for Habtewold et al, 2008
3. http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/biology/life_cycle.htm

4/13

1. Ch 21
2. Ruth Ley Review

4/15

1. Ch 17, 18, p626-627
2. 20,000 microbes

4/17

1. Ley et al, 2008
2. Study Questions for Ley et al, 2008

4/20

1. Ch 12
2. Custom made microbe
3. Grains of doubt

4/22

1. Ch 22.1-22.5
2. A Tentative Comeback for Bioremediation
3. Blue-green acres
4. Preserving Genome Integrity: The DdrA Protein of Deinococcus radiodurans R1

4/24

Frontline AIDs series part II

5/4

1. 10:30am location TBA
2. 2008 Final Questions