BIOL 365 - Microbial Genomics Laboratory

1 Credit(s) | Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This laboratory course, to be taken concurrently with BIOL 335, Genomics, provides a hands-on, inquiry-based, laboratory experience for undergraduate science majors. A bacterial model, Enterococcus, will be used to explore the diversity of the bacterium and some of its genes; and to test hypotheses about disease virulence and horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Students will isolate metagenomic DNA and bacteria from the environment and learn basic microbiological methods (bacterial culture, aseptic technique, gram staining) and molecular biology methods (DNA purification/quantitation, PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing). In the final portion of the course, students will use bioinformatics tools to analyze their data and submit a final research paper.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:

BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and
BIOL 252 or BIOL 254

Pre- or corequisite: BIOL 335

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