Apr 19, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIO 4375 - Bacterial Pathogenesis (3)


When Offered: Fall
This course is designed to explore the ongoing battle between humans and pathogenic bacteria at a molecular level.  We will study new approaches to understanding bacterial infections, generation and spread of antibiotic resistance, ways bacteria evade the immune system, genetic regulation of virulence factors, and molecular mechanisms of invasion of the human body. Lecture three hours.
Prerequisites: BIO 2600  and BIO 3308 .
[Dual-listed with BIO 5375.] Dual-listed courses require senior standing; juniors may enroll with permission of the instructor.