E3120 Microbiology Fall 2016 The course consists of: 1)Lectures Tuesday 9.15 12.00 V1 C100 NOTE Tuesday 18.10. the lecture is at 8.15 10 and 11-12 (a 1 hr break in-between) Wednesday 8.15 10.00 V1 C100 2) Electronic assignments 3) Exam Core content 2016 Structure and function and classification of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other micro-organisms Antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial resistance Infections, infectious disease and the immune system Microbial diseases by body system, virulence Microbial genetics, recombinant DNA technologies Industrial applications of microbiology The course aims at illustrating the interactions between the microbe, the growth environment and parameters influencing growth, in view of understanding microbial physiology and interactions with clinical and industrial relevance. 1
Teachers Responsible teacher: Katrina Nordström, professor (microbiology), Head of Biotechnology major. Lectures on Tuesdays and on Wednesday 5.10. Office (CHEM) C304b (2nd office after lecture room KE 4 on the left) katrina.nordstrom@aalto.fi Dr. Ossi Turunen Ossi. turunen@aalto.fi Lectures on wednesdays (except for 5.10.) Course materials 1. Pearson Mastering Microbiology (MMB), electronic learning environment will be used 2. Students get access to the electronic version of the course textbook: Baumann: Microbiogy: with disases by the body system 3. Course power points (as pdf) can be accessed via Manage Documents in MMB print these for yourself and make notes 4. Chapter summaries of the book, which are very useful for reading (in Manage Documents section) 5. Electronic assigments can be found as assigments and the are 2 deadlines for the completion of the assigments: Monday 3.10. (part I), Friday 21.10. (part II) After the deadline, you can not complete these anymore. The assigments will take 1-1 ½ hours / per week. Students complete these individually. NOTE: CHP 8 Recombinant DNA is not part of course requirement for the exam, but there are a few electronic assigments that you should still complete. 2
Mastering Microbiology Course: E3120 Microbiology (MMBE3120) The the course name and code is: E3120 Microbiology (E3120S2016) Code: IIPMDS-FRILL-QUEEN-NAVVY-GIBBY-MACAW Textbook (electronic) Bauman: Microbiology If you have problems logging in, or need help with the system, we can go through this during the 13.9. lecture. Course topics and schedule WEEK 1 Tuesday 13.9. Nordström: Chapter 3 : Microbial cell structure and function; Chapter 4: Microscopy, staining, classification; Chapter 6: Microbial nutrition and growth Wednesday 14.9. Turunen: Turunen Chapter 7: Microbial genetics (with emphasis on the operon, genetic recombination in bacteria (eg. Transformation, transduction and conjugation) WEEK 2 Tuesday 20.9. Nordström: Chapter 11: Characterization and Classification of Prokaryotes Wednesday 21.9. Turunen Chapter 12: Characterization and Classification of (microbial) Eukaryotes WEEK 3 Tuesday 27.9. Nordström Chapter 14: Infection, Infectious diseases and epidemiology Chapter 10: Controlling microbial growth: Antimicrobial drugs Wednesday 28.9. Turunen: Chapter 13: Characterization and Classification of Viruses, virioids and prions 3
Course topics and schedule (continued) WEEK 4 Tuesday 4.10. Nordström: Chapter 15: Innate immunity, Chapter 16: Adaptive immunity Wednesday 5.10. Nordström: Chapter 16: Adaptive immunity (continued); Chapter 21: Microbial cardiovascular and systemic diseases (NOTE THE ORDER! CHP 21 here). The topics will be covered by focusing on selected microbes. WEEK 5 Tuesday 11.10. Nordström: Chapter 19: Microbial diseases of the skin and wounds; Chapter: 20 the nervous system and eyes; The topics will be covered by focusing on selected microbes. Wednesday 12.10. Turunen: Chapter: 25 Applied and environmental microbiology (with relevance to industrial microbiology) Part I WEEK 6 Tuesday 18.10. Nordström, Chapter 22: Diseases of the respiratory system, Chapter 23: Diseases of the digestive system (incl. aspects of food handling from Chapter 25). The topics will be covered by focusing on selected microbes. Wednesday 19.10. Chapter 25: Applied and environmental microbiology (with relevance to industrial microbiology) Part II Electronic assigments All assigments open on 13.9. and you can start doing them immediately. Note that there are 2 different closing dates (deadlines) for the assigments: Part I 3.10.at 23.59 pm Part II 21.10. at 23.59 pm After the deadlines, the assigments can not be opened anymore. You can not get a grade for the course if you have not achieved a minimum of 30 points for the electronic assigments. 4
Textbook chapters for the course and the exam Compulsory course topics to be included in exam and electronic home assignments: Chapters: 3 Cell structure and function 4 Microscopy, staining and classification 6 Microbial nutrition and growth 7 Microbial genetics 10 Controlling microbial growth in the body: Antimicrobial drugs 11 Characterizing and classifying Prokaryotes 12 Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes 13 Characterizing and Classifying of Viruses, virioids and prions 14 Infection, Infectious diseases and epidemiology 15 Innate immunity 16 Adaptive immunity 19 Microbial diseases of the skin and wounds 20 Microbial diseases of the nervous system and eyes 21 Microbial cardiovascular and systemic diseases 22 Microbial diseases of the respiratory system 23 Microbial diseases of the digestive system. 25 Applied and environmental microbiology Exam includes material from: Baumann Microorganisms, chapters given Other possible materials distributed by the teacher(s) Topics from the electronic assigments NOTE: Chapter 8: recombinant DNA technology is not part of exam materials, but there are a few electronic assignments that you should complete anyway. 5
Assessment / how your grade is formed Exam (75%) of grade Electronic assigments (25%) of grade The exam will have 5 questions, of which 3 are essays and others are short replies (multiple choice/ figures/ tables etc. To comment on). Max points for essays = 5 each, max total 15 points Max points for short questions = 7.5 points Electronic assigments = 5 points max (see next power point) Grading /Assessment (max 30 points) Exam max 3 essay answers (15 points) + and other short questions (7.5 points) Assignments: (max 5 points added) 90-100 = 5 points added 80-89 =4 points added 60-79 = 3 points added 40-59 = 2 points added 20-39 =1 point added Below 20 points = no points added; you can not pass the course, because the electronic assigments are compulsory. 6
Preliminary grading scale (final depends on all points of all students) 25 27.5 = 5 22-24.5= 4 16-21.5 = 3 13-15.5 = 2 10.1-12.5=1 Below 10 fail 7