Spring 2016 - MBB 829 G100

Special Topics in Biochemistry (3)

Microbial Pathogenesis

Class Number: 7319

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 5 – Apr 11, 2016: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Consideration of recent literature concerning selected contemporary research topics. Can be taken more than once with permission of the instructor.

COURSE DETAILS:

Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis 

The molecular strategies that bacterial and viral pathogens use to colonize the human body and cause disease will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on specific microbes and their virulence factors and systems. Strategies for combating microbial infections - antibiotics, antiviral agents and vaccines - will be discussed in detail.


Course Details:
This is a lecture-based course with three 50-minute lectures each week. Lecture topics include bacterial and viral biology and structure, virulence mechanisms and host response, as well as antibiotics, antiviral agents and vaccines and the role of the human microbiota in health and disease. Lectures will focus on individual pathogens and the diseases they cause. An emphasis will be placed on the structural biology of these virulence systems. Students are expected to attend all lectures, to give two presentations on high impact papers from current literature, and write a term paper.  Students who have taken MBB 420, MBB 428 or BISC 820 under the same title cannot take this course for further credit.

Grading

  • Presentations 70%
  • Term paper 30%

NOTES:

Students who have taken MBB 420, MBB 428, MBB 829 or BISC 820 under the same title cannot take this course for further credit.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

None

Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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