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| BIOL 175 Syllabus + Schedule |
The primary objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the fundamental biological properties of microbes in both basic and applied terms. The lecture portion of the course covers, in some detail, the means by which microbes acquire and utilize energy, how they reproduce, how they interact with hosts, how they can cause disease and how hosts can recognize and deal with them. We will also consider how microbes are involved in the development of biotechnology and the application of this technology to questions of health and the environment. The laboratory portion of the course considers more applied aspects of microbiology, including culturing techniques, microscopy, diagnostic tests and microbe identification.
| Andrew
Binns 301 Mudd Building email: abinns@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 898.8684 office hours: Tuesdays, 4-5 PM, or by appt. |
Thianda
Manzara 219 Leidy Laboratories email: manzara@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 573.2657 office hours: Thursdays, 1-2 PM, or by appt. |
textbook
Reading assignments indicate chapters (or page numbers) to be read before each lecture. Reading assignments may differ and changes will be announced in class.
weekly discussion sessions (optional)
In addition to the lectures, Drs. Binns and Manzara will hold a weekly discussion section at a time to be arranged. These will be review sessions and discussions, and are optional.
grading and exams
As usual, unless otherwise instructed, all work submitted by students is to be their own. Please note that exams have already been scheduled and make sure you do not have conflicts on those dates. We will inform you about the date of the final as soon as we know.
lecture schedule
Please refer to the BIOL 175 PDF talk schedule for more information on this course.
academic integrity
All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. Please consult the Student Handbook or the appropriate web-page: http://www.college.upenn.edu/responsibilities/integrity.html
Note: The code of Academic Integrity will be strictly enforced. Any violation will result in failure in the course and potentially other punitive action.
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03/07/2001
Office
Hours
As of 3/7/01, Dr. Manzara's office hours will be on Friday from 2 - 3 PM.
03/30/2001
Final
Exam Scheduling
The final exam is scheduled for Friday, May 11 from 8:30 to 10:30 AM
04/05/2001
Course Information
Links to PCR principles and animation:
Links to Blast:
04/19/2001
PCRID Report
Write a 3-page paper about the procedures used, the results obtained and their interpretations for the PCRID chapter. Specifically your paper should include a paragraph about the purpose of the procedure, a paragraph descrbing the methodology used (this is a very brief listing of what you did in words), one or two paragraphs showing the results obtained, discussion of the results and finally a paragraph about the organism identified and what it does. Note that the discussion part is the main chunk of the report while other parts are just 1-2 paragraphs. Your report is worth 10% of the Unknown Report. Every student is to construct his/her report independently.
The following downloadable files are numbered from 1 to 10. Use the file number that corresponds to the rightmost digit of your class unknown. For example, if you were assigned unknown # 47, use PCRID-Unk7 to write your report. Reports are due12 noon of Friday, May 4, 2001.
Courses
Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
last updated September 28, 2001
