MCB 420

Credit: 3 hours.

Research-based lab course that isolates new bacterial viruses (phages) and characterizes their phenotypic and genotypic features, with an overarching class goal to build a collection of diverse phages that are suitable for therapeutic and other applications. Includes lectures and discussions on current scientific literature and experiments using modern microbiology, microscopy, molecular, and genomics techniques. The course exposes students to the full spectrum of activities entailed in conducting authentic scientific research.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: MCB 251 or 253, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.