MCS Department Courses

• Summer 2024

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  MCB6937	Microbial Multicellularity	Kelly Rice	2

   

• Spring 2024

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  BSC2891 / MCB6937	Python Programming for Biologists	Marc Chevrette	3
  BSC4913-14	Independent Research in Bioinformatics	Valerie De Crecy	3
  MCB2000	Microbiology	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB3020	Basic Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB3023	Principles of Microbiology	Willm Martens-Habbena	3
  MCB2000L, MCB3020L, MCB3023L	Microbiology Lab	Monika Oli	1 or 2
  MCB3703/MCB5705	Astrobiology	Jamie Foster	3
  MCB4034L	Advanced Microbiology Lab	Wilfred Vermerris	1
  MCB4034L	Advances Techniques in Microbiology Lab	Claudio Gonzalez	1
  MCB4090/MCB6095	Careers for Impact in Microbiology and Cell Science	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB4091/MCB6096	Innovation Project Management for Life Sciences	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB4203	Bacterial Pathogens	Kelly Rice	3
  MCB4271	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB4304	Special Topics in Microbiology (Genetics of Microorganisms)	Leandro Teixeira, Kevin Lee, Jaysankar De	3
  MCB4320C	The Microbiome	Luiz Roesch, Angelica Ahrens	3
  MCB4422/MCB6424	Probiotics	Graciela Lorca	3
  MCB4503/MCB5505	Virology	Melissa Jones	3
  MCB4934/ MCB6937	Computational Genomics and Epigenomics	Meixia Zhao	3
  MCB5205	Microbiology of Human Pathogens	Kelly Rice	3
  MCB5252	Microbiology, Immunology, and Basis for Immunotherapeutics	Karim Asghari	4
  MCB5270	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB6318	Comparative Microbial Genomics	Valerie De Crecy	2
  MCB6355	Microbial Defense/ Host Microbe Interactions	Joseph Larkin	1
  MCB6670C	The microbiome	Luiz Roesch, Angelica Ahrens	3
  MCB6772	Advanced Topics in Cell Biology	Peter Kima / Zhonglin Mou	1
  MCB6937	Methods to study prokaryotic transcriptional regulation	Graciela Lorca	1
  MCB6937	Basic Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology (Genetics of Microorganisms)	Leandro Teixeira, Kevin Lee, Jaysankar De	3
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy - Final Assessment	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy - Astrobiology	Jamie Foster	1
  PCB3134	Eukaryotic Cell Structure and Function Fernandez	Jessie Fernadez	3
  PCB4233 / PCB5235	Immunology	Joseph Larkin	3
  PCB4666-PCB6667	Human Genomics	Jennifer Drew	3

   

• Fall 2023

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  ALS3200C/MCB6937	AI in Ag and Life Sci	Raquel Dias/Luiz Roesch	3
  MCB4090/MCB6095	Careers for Impact in Microbiology and Cell Science	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB4091/MCB6096	Innovation Project Management for Life Sciences	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  BSC4434C	Intro Bioinformatics	Jo Marie Bacusmo	3
  BSC4467/MCB6937	Synthetic Biology	Xin Wang	3
  BSC4913	Independent Research in Bioinformatics	Valerie de Crecy-Lagard/Meixia Zhao	3
  BSC4914	Ad Bioinfo Ind Stud	Valerie de Crecy-Lagard/Meixia Zhao	3
  BSC6459	Fund Bioinformatics	Alexandria Ardissone, Jill Babor, Geoffrey Hutinet	3
  MCB2000	Microbiology	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB2000L, MCB3020L, MCB3023L	Microbiology Lab	Monika Oli	1
  MCB3020	Bas Biol Microorgan	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB3020	Introduction to Microbiology	Jo Marie Bacusmo	3
  MCB3023	Principles of Microbi	Uli Stingl/Willm Martens-Habbena	3
  MCB4034L	Advanced Microbiology Lab	Wilfred Vermerris/Leandro Dias Teixeira	1
  MCB4203 / MCB5205	Bacterial Pathogens	Mariola Ferraro	3
  MCB4271	Anitmicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB4403	Prokaryotic Cell Stru	Julie Maupin-Furlow	3
  MCB4503/5505	General Virology	Sarah Doore	3
  MCB4794 / MCB6796	Analysis, interpretation, and visualization of microbiological data	Luiz Roesch	3
  MCB5270	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB6407	Prokaryotic Cell	Julie Maupin-Furlow	3
  MCB6417	Micro Metablsm/Energ	Julie Maupin-Furlow	1
  MCB6566	Environmental Microbiology	Brent Christner, Jamie Foster, Uli Stingl, Willm Martens-Habbena	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB6937	Molecular Genetics	Jessie Fernandez	3
  MCB7922	Final Literature Review	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Online Journal Club: Using Artificial Intelligence as a Tool to analyze the Primary Literature in Environmental Microbiology	Jamie Foster	1
  NUR3197	Genetics Health Care	Jennifer Drew	2
  PCB3134	Eukaryotic Cell Structure and Function	Zhonglin Mou	3
  PCB4522	Molecular Genetics	Jessie Fernandez	3
  ZOO4232	Human Parasitology	Peter E. Kima	3

• Summer 2023

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  MCB 4034L	Advanced Microbiology Laboratory – Virology	Sarah Doore	1
  MCB 4150/6151	Prokaryotic Diversity	Brent Christner	3
  MCB 4304/6937	Molecular Genetics	Nemat O. Keyhani	3
  MCB 4325C / MCB 6937	R for Life Sciences	Luiz Roesch	3
  MCB 4934 / MCB 6937	Careers for Impact in Microbiology and Cell Science	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB 4934 / MCB 6937	Innovation Project Management for Life Sciences	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB 6458	Post-translational Modifications in Microbiology	Mariola Ferraro	2
  MCB 6937	Microbial Multicellularity	Kelly Rice	2
  MCB 6937	Fellowship and Proposal Writing	Kelly Rice	1
  MCB 7922	Journal Colloquy: Microbiome-based Clinical Trials	Graciela Lorca	1

• Spring 2023

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  MCB 5205	Microbiology of Human Pathogens	Kelly Rice	3
  PCB 5235	Immunology	Joseph Larkin III	3
  MCB 5252	Microbiology, Immunology, and Immunotherapeutics	Karim Asghari	4
  MCB 5270	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB 5505	Virology	Melissa Jones	3
  MCB 5705	Astrobiology	Jamie Foster	3
  MCB 6318	Comparative Microbial Genetics	Valerie de Crecy-Lagard	2
  MCB 6355	Microbial Host Defense	Joseph Larkin III & Nian Wang	1
  MCB 6424	Probiotics	Graciela Lorca	3
  MCB 6670C	The Microbiome	Luiz Roesch	3
  MCB 6772	Advanced Topics in Cell Biology	Peter E. Kima & Zhonglin Mou	1
  MCB 6937	Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB 4934 / 6937	Careers for Impact	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB 4934 / 6937	Innovation Project Management	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB 6937	Computational Genomics and Epigenomics	Meixia Zhao	3
  MCB 6937	Methods to Study Prokaryotic Transcriptional Regulation	Graciela Lorca	1
  MCB 6937	Molecular Genetics	William Gurley	3
  MCB 7922	Final Literature Review	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB 7922	Journal Colloquy	Jamie Foster	1

• Fall 2022

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  BSC6459	Fundamentals of Bioinformatics	Valerie de Crécy-Lagard	3
  MCB5205	Microbiology of Human Pathogens	Mariola Edelmann	3
  MCB5270	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB5505	General Virology	Jamie Foster	3
  MCB6317	Molecular Biology of Gene Expression	Nemat Keyhani, Bill Gurley	1
  MCB6407	Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function	Julie Maupin	3
  MCB6417	Microbial Metabolism and Energetics	Julie Maupin, Claudio Gonzalez	1
  MCB6566	Environmental Microbiology	Foster, Christner, Stingl, Martens-Habbena	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: R For Life Sciences	Luiz Roesch	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Human Genomics	Jennifer Drew	3
  MCB6937	Career Seminar	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB6937	Innovation Project Management	Elizabeth Gadsby	1
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Azghari	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Advanced Molecular Genetics	Nemat Keyhani	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Molecular Genetics	Bill Gurley	3
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Environmental Microbiology	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Final Literature Review	Jamie Foster	1

• Summer 2022

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  MCB5252	Microbiology, Immunology, and Immunotherapeutics	Karim Asghari	4
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Final Literature Review	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Host-Microbe Interactions	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Microbiome based Clinical Trials	Graciela Lorca	1
  MCB6151	Prokaryotic Diversity	Brent Christner	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Post Translational Modifications in Microbiology	Mariola Edelmann	2
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Ashgari	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Fellowship and Proposal Writing	Kelly Rice	1

   

• Spring 2022

  Course Number	Course Name	Instructor(s)	Credits
  MCB5252	Microbiology, Immunology, and Immunotherapeutics	Karim Asghari	4
  MCB5270	Antimicrobial Resistance	Daniel Czyz	3
  MCB5505	General Virology	Melissa Jones	3
  MCB5705	Astrobiology	Jamie Foster	3
  MCB6318	Comparative Microbial Genomics	Valerie de Crécy-Lagard	2
  MCB6355	Microbial/Host Defense	Joe Larkin and Nian Wang	1
  MCB6424	Probiotics	Graciela Lorca	3
  MCB6457	Metabolic Regulation	Wayne Nicholson	1
  MCB6772	Advanced Topics in Cell Biology/ Section 2E39	Peter Kima and Zhonglin Mou	1
  MCB6772	Advanced Topics in Cell Biology/ Section 5731	Peter Kima and Zhonglin Mou	1
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Biology of Microorganisms	Karim Asghari	3
  MCB6937	Special Topics in Microbiology: Methods to Study Prokaryotic Transcriptional Regulation	Graciela Lorca	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Astrobiology	Jamie Foster	1
  MCB7922	Journal Colloquy: Final Literature Review	Jamie Foster	1