Bio349CM

Date	Topics	Reading
1/14	Cell Structure and Growth	Ch 1-5 Selling Soap
1/16	Prokaryotic Phylogeny	Ch 15
1/18	NO SECTION	Handout on Reading a Scientific Paper
1/21	No Class MLK Day
1/23	Metabolism, Energy generation	Ch 6-7
1/25	Tutorial	Reguera et al, 2005 Reguera et al, 2005 SQ
1/28	Genetics	Ch 10 DNA transfer review
1/30	Cell cycle	Ch 8 (pp131-141), Ch 9
2/1	Tutorial	Hahn et al, 2005 Hahn et al, 2005 SQ
2/4	Transport and secretion	Anastasias Economou et al Guy R. Cornelis
2/6	Sequencing: Genes to Genomics	Goodner, B. et al, 2003. Synthetic Genome decoded
2/8	Tutorial	Margalit et al Margalit SQ
2/11	Guest Lecture on Genome Annotation Dr. Barry Goldman, Monsanto	Dr. Goldman’s handouts X Prize article
2/13	A not so random walk through environmental sensing and signaling	Ch 13 Bacterially speaking
2/15	EXAM I

2/18	Transcription and Transcriptional Regulation	Ch 12
2/20	Bacterial development	Ch 14
2/22	Tutorial	Mignot et al Mignot SQ
2/25	Bacteriophage and Bdellovibrio	Ch 17
2/27	Mutualism and Biofilms	Ch 19 Battling Biofilms
2/29	Special Leap Year Tutorial	Mah et al Mah SQ
3/3	Microbial Ecology Dr. Ruth Ley, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine	Ch 18 Gilmore and Ferretti, 2003 Fat Factor
3/5	Archaea and Metabolic Diversity	20,000 Microbes
3/7	Tutorial	Ley et al Ley et al SQ
3/17	Bioremediation	Ch 23 Blue-Green Acres The DdrA Protein A Tentative Comeback
3/19	Genetic Engineering	Custom made microbe Grains of doubt
3/21	TUTORIAL	Rey et al. Rey et al. SQ
3/24	Exam II

3/26	Overview of Pathogenesis	Ch 20-21 In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza
3/28	Tutorial	Ksiazek et al, 2003 Ksiazek et al, 2003 SQ
3/31	The immune system in a nutshell	Immunity’s early warning system Source of Deadly E. Coli Is Found
4/2	Extracellular Pathogens	Gary Mihoces R. Monina Klevens et al Ian Urbina Kevin Sack
4/4	Tutorial	Grassly et al Grassly et alSQ
4/7	Intracellular Pathogens	Gouin et al
4/9	Guest Lecture on Microbial Pathogenesis Dr. Joe Vogel, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University	Dr. Vogel’s handouts
4/11	Tutorial	Meehl et al, 2005 Meehl et al, 2005 SQ
4/14	Eukaryotic Viruses-Bird Flu	Lamb and Jackson, 2005 The Flu Hunters Avian Flu How (and How Not) to Battle Flu: A Tale of 23 Cities Deadly 1957 Strain of Flu Is Found in Lab-Test Kits
4/16	VIDEO	INFLUENZA 1918
4/18	Guest Lecture on Parasitology Dr. Steve BeverleyChairman Department of Molecular Microbiology Washington University School of Medicine	Ch 16 Tackling Malaria
4/21	Antibiotics and Vaccines	The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance When to use Antibiotics Genetic Vaccines
4/23	Microbes from a world health perspective	Ch 22 How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis A $3 Water Purifier That Could Save Lives Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis
4/25	VIDEO	Frontline AIDS series
5/5	FINAL EXAM 10:30 am to 12:30 pm	Location TBA