Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Term
2023C
Subject area
BIOL
Section number only
401
Section ID
BIOL5430401
Course number integer
5430
Meeting times
M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Meeting location
GLAB 100
Level
graduate
Instructors
Dustin Brisson
Description
This course will focus on fundamental topics related to the ecological and evolutionary processes driving the transmission of pathogenic microbes among hosts including life-history strategies; evolution of pathogenic traits; the impacts of temporal, spatial and host-trait heterogeneity; and factors causing the emergence of an infectious pathogen. Examples will be drawn from human, wildlife, and plant pathogens to illustrate these ecological and evolutionary topics. Students will learn to develop and apply current ecological and evolutionary theory to infectious microbe research and gain practical experience accessing, interpreting and synthesizing the peer-reviewed scientific literature through a combination of popular and scientific readings, discussion, and lecture.
Course number only
5430
Cross listings
BIOL4430401
Use local description
No