BIO 597 APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICRO TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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Aug 29-31 |
Unit 1 - Foundations What is "environmental" microbiology? Bioenergetics To see how we use what we know about microbial bioenergetics to solve real world problems, read through these links --> |
(Review 4.6-4.14) 13.2-13.6, 14.3, 15.10-15.20 |
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Sept 5 Sept 7 |
Bioenergetics continued No class – instead please attend my seminar "Beyond Monitoring – Study of Potentially Pathogenic E. coli in Central Michigan Water" 4pm Brooks 176. |
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Sept 12-14 |
Microbial Interactions in the Wild |
16.1-16.2; 16.14 |
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Sept 19 Sept 21 |
Nucleic Acid Based Methods of Analysis Animation of gel electrophoresis Unit 1 Test |
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Sept 26-28 |
Unit 2 - Microbial Environments Movies of soil microbes - slow to load over a slow modem |
16.9 Nusslein and Tiedje, 1999, Soil Bacterial Community Shift Correlated with Change from Forest to Pasteur Vegetation in a Tropical Forest Fry et al., 1997, Population Structure of Microbial Communities Associated with Two Deep, Anaerobic, Alkaline Aquifers |
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Oct 3 Oct 5 |
Aeromicrobiology Aquatic Environments |
16.10-16.12 |
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Oct 10
Oct 12 |
Aquatic Environments continued
Unit 2 Test |
Sievert et al., 1999. Spatial heterogeneity of bacterial populations along an environmental gradient at a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent near Milos Island (Greece) Questions |
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Sat Oct 14 |
Meeting - Southern Great Lakes Local Section of the Society for Industrial Microbiology - Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL - Morning program on contamination of drinking water is particularly relevant. |
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Oct 17-19 |
Unit 3 - Detection & Control of Pathogens in the Environment Environmentally Transmitted Pathogens |
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Sat Oct 21 |
Meeting - "Pathogens in the Environment" - American Society for Microbiology Michigan Branch - Grand Valley State, Grand Rapids, MI. |
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Oct 24-26 |
Wastewater Treatment |
11.15 |
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Oct 31 Nov 2 |
Protection of Drinking Water - Guest speaker Mr. Toby West, ManTech Environmental, Aberdeen, MD (tentative) Unit 3 Test |
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Nov 7-9 |
Unit 4 - Impact of Microbial Activity on the Environment Biogeochemical Cycles |
16.13; 16.16-16.18 |
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Nov 14 Nov 16 |
Impact of Biogeochemical Cycles Gone Haywire Biodegradation/Bioremediation - Guest speaker Dr. John Davis, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI |
Treatment of Acid-Mine Drainage 16.21-16.22 |
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Nov 21 Nov 23 |
Biodegradation/Bioremediation continued No class - Thanksgiving |
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Nov 28 Nov 30 |
Exxon Valdez Metal Pollution and First student presentation (Tonya Strong) |
16.20 |
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Dec 5 Dec 7 |
Student Presentations (Dan Kiernan, Nikki Lampas, Kevin Bond, Matt Kern) Student Presentations (Hyoungtae Kim, Nancy Clough, Kelly Schupbach, Jhonatan Sepulveda) |
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Dec 14 |
FINAL EXAMS - Unit 4 + Comprehensive |
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Guest lecturers from other universities, government, or business may give lectures. Dates will be announced in advance.
Some reading assignments will be from journal articles