Introduction to Medical Microbiology
X111 (3 semester units in Public Health)
Infectious diseases present formidable challenges to human health and well-being. This introductory survey focuses on medically important microbes from the perspective of disease. It is designed for students in microbiology, medical technology, and nursing as well as for those with a biological science background who are interested in infectious diseases and their causes.
The instructor explains the common terms and basic concepts of medical microbiology. She then focuses on the mechanisms of microbial diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and viruses, using as examples specific diseases of the skin and nervous system, urogenital tract, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and cardiovascular system. Each disease is discussed in terms of etiology, epidemiology, transmission, pathology (including microbial and host factors influencing infection), clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. In studying these diseases you learn how the host attempts to limit both infection and possible tissue damage, and how some microbes develop novel ways to circumvent the host's defenses. This course helps you appreciate the versatility of microbes and gain an understanding of how we coexist.
Prerequisites: One college-level course in biology and one in chemistry.
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Sat. May 31, Berkeley
RAJEEV BANERJEE, M.S., Ph.D., is a full-time instructor at Laney College teaching microbiology. He has taught numerous biological science courses at several colleges including Cal State University, Sacramento. Banerjee completed post-doctoral work at USC and UCLA, where he did research in Molecular Virology, exploring the replication and transcriptional regulation of positive-strand RNA viruses. He has published many research articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has more than 15 years of research experience in biological sciences and was involved in training UCLA students in the techniques of molecular virology research.
NOTE: Revised class schedule in red.
- 15 meetings
- June 6 to July 25: Fri., 2:30-5:30 pm (no meetings July 4 and July 5); also
May 31, June 7, June 14, June 21, June 28, July 12, July 19, and July 26: Sat., 10 am-1 pm
- Berkeley: Room 208, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave.
- $750 (EDP 404814)
Note: Saturday classes meet in 56 Barrows Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.
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Wed. Jan. 30, Berkeley
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MAUTUSI MITRA, Ph.D., is a postdocotoral research scholar in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley. She specializes on plant molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology. She has taught laboratory courses in introductory biology, plant physiology and microbiology at Louisiana State University.
- 15 meetings
- Jan. 30 to May 14: Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm (no meeting March 26)
- Berkeley: 107 Genetics and Plant Biology Building, UC campus
- $750 (EDP 413260)
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