BIO390: Microbiology
Missouri
Western State University
Dr. Jason C. Baker, Ph.D.
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Course Assignments
Below you will find a set of links to
instructions and forms related to completing various assignments for the course.
Each link is identified by matching with the listed assignment in the course
syllabus or policies. The links take you to Microsoft Word, PDF, or other
common file formats so make
sure you have appropriate software to open and/or print the document.
When applicable, the link will become active about one week prior to the assignment deadline.
Assignment A- Functional Cellular Anatomy; due date- Aug. 29, 2008
Assignment B- Chemical Control of Microbial Growth; due date- Oct. 8, 2008
Assignment C- Bioterrorism; due date- Nov. 24, 2008
Instructions for your required presentation of an infectious disease (Nov. 4 and 6, 2008)
Instructions and Form for review of one public scientific seminar
Approved Local Seminars:
Dr. Aron Fenton, Assistant Professor of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
"Allosteric Regulation of Pyruvate Kinase"
Wednesday September 10th, 2008
Murphy 224
4:00 - 4:50 PM.
Dr. Rainer Glaser, Professor of Chemistry at University of Missouri-Columbia
"Prebiotic Nucleobase Synthesis"
Wednesday September 24th, 2008
Murphy 224
4:00 - 4:50 PM
Dr. Karen Koy
Missouri Western State University
Dr. Jason Baker
Missouri Western State University
“Isolation, Identification, and Mode-of-Action Characterization of Bacocin, A Novel Bacteriocin Discovered at Missouri Western”
Dr. David Ashley
Missouri Western State University
“Cave Ecology: Caves, Critters, and The Course”
Dr. Mark Mills
Missouri Western State University
"Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Herpetology and Vertebrate Ecology."
Journal Articles for Presentation/Discussion and associated Quiz
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General information about presenting figure(s): Focus on the following as you present, these will be the areas you are graded over-
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Explanation of the experiments purpose |
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Explanation of experimental design (including general info on methods used to gather data) |
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Explanation of the figure itself (including what is being measured, scales of axis, etc.) |
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Meaning of the data...what has this figure shown us. |