Microbiology

MIC433, Microbial Genomics
• Graduate course taught every spring semester.
• Offers opportunity to explore evolutionary, ecological and functional aspects of microbial genomes.
• Lecture followed by direct analysis of genes and genomes in computer-based laboratory.
• Primary focus on genomes of prokaryotes.
• Goal is to provide students with the skills necessary to conduct thoughtful and quantitative analyses of the diversity of microbial communities.
•The course includes consideration of the generation and maintenance of microbial diversity as well as biological indices and contemporary statistical tools used to evaluate diversity.
•Students will analyze data sets from the primary literature and from their own research as available.
Tenative Scheduling: Tuesdays, 900 - 11:00am
Taught by: Terry Marsh, Tom Schmidt, Ned walker, Vince Yong
Contact: Tom Schmidt

MMG803, Topics in Integrative Microbial Biology
• Graduate course available 2008 spring semester.
• Microbes will be the main organismal focus, the conceptual focus will be on formulating and testing a wide range of evolutionary hypotheses.
Course: 2 credits
Course Description
Taught by: Rich Lenski and two postdocs - Jeff Barrick and Carla Davidson
Contact: Rich Lenski lenski@msu.edu