Microbiology Literature

For advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students. Critical reading of research literature in prokaryotic genetics and molecular biology. Classic and foundational papers in pathogenesis, bacterial and phage genetics, and molecular biology; recent literature on gene regulation. Diverse experimental approaches: biochemistry, genomics, pathogenesis, and cell biology. Prerequisites: undergraduates must have taken BIO 82 (Genetics) and BIO 83 (Biochemistry). Also recommended: BIO 111, BIO 120, CEE 274. Undergraduate enrollment limited to Biology or Bioengineering majors in junior or senior year. Co-term or Ph.D. students in basic life sciences departments such as Biology, Bioengineering, and Genetics may enroll in BIO 278 for graduate credit. Enrollment by permission of professor, apply at https://forms.gle/gjBKKfJv8WPVTpnP9.