Microbiology
List of Courses

GMS MI 511 Medical Microbiology
Prereq: consent of instructor. A medical microbiology course that includes an introduction to bacterial physiology and genetics and focuses on a survey of the medically important bacteria and fungi. Includes a laboratory component and the Infectious Disease lecture series. Together with GMS MI 518 (Virology and Parasitology), GMS MI 511 is equivalent to the Medical Microbiology course, GMS MI 711. Kashket, staff. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 518 Virology and Parasitology
Prereq: consent of instructor. The structure, replicative cycles, human immune response, and pathogenesis of medically important viruses and parasites are presented. Zamansky, staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS MI 700 Concepts in Microbiology
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course provides a fundamental understanding of the world of microbes and the concepts and mechanisms involved as microbes interact/adapt in changing environments. Lectures are taught in an interactive manner and are supplemented through discussions and analyses of the primary literature. Viglianti. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 711 Microbiology
Prereq: consent of instructor. A medical microbiology course consisting of an introduction to bacterial physiology and bacterial genetics, and a survey of medically important bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. A clinical perspective is provided by infectious disease specialists and integrates the basic science presentations. A laboratory component is included. Kupchik. 6 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 713 Comprehensive Immunology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Comprehensive introduction to immunologic principles and applications.This course consists of both interactive lectures and discussion sessions. Emphasis is placed on analysis and interpretation of data from the primary literature. Prior coursework in genetics and biochemistry is strongly recommended. Corley. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 714 Genetics of Microorganisms
Prereq: Biochemistry and consent of instructor. Genetics and biochemical methodology for studying control of gene expression. Theory of operon and regulatory genes. Genetic transfer of chromosomal DNA and plasmids by conjugation, transformation, and transduction. Use of recombinant DNA technology to study gene expression. Fisher. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS MI 715 Advanced Immunology
Prereq: GMS MI 713 and consent of instructor. Directed reading of past and present lit-erature in cellular and molecular immunology. Marshak-Rothstein. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS MI 716 Bacterial Physiology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Advanced topics discussed in a seminar format. The focus is on the physiological and molecular aspects of bacterial growth and metabolism. Topics include energy transduction, nutrient transport, and regulatory mechanisms involved in cell responses to changing environmental conditions. Kashket. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 717 Growth Control and Cell Transformation
Prereq: one biochemistry or cell biology course or consent of instructor. This is a discussion-oriented course covering current topics in: growth factors and their receptors, signal transduction pathways, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, apoptosis,cytoskeleton, cellular and molecular basis of transformation, the biochemistry of transformation, the biochemistry of transformed cells, tumorigenicity, metastasis, and multiple drug resistance, with students leading the discussion of selected research papers. Chou. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS MI 718 Virology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Current topics in virology are discussed. An emphasis is placed on the regulation of viral gene transcription and other processes of the viral replicative cycle. Zamansky, Viglianti, Hu. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GMS MI 811, 812 Microbiology Seminar
Presentation and discussion of problems of current interest. Corley. 2 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.

GMS MI 911, 912 Research Microbiology
Variable cr.