Microbiology (BIOMI)Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Classes
BIOMI 1120
Course Description
We live on a microbial earth. If we happen to consider microbes in our daily lives most people conjure images of disease, but in reality we depend on microbes to sustain our world. This course showcases ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: CSS 1120
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Bradfield Hall 105
Instructors
Angert, E
Buckley, D
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- F Wing Hall 108
Instructors
Angert, E
Buckley, D
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BIOMI 1250
Course Description
A first-year seminar designed for students with a strong interest in research. Students will interact with faculty while learning to read and evaluate scientific publications on current biological topics. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Section Topic
Topic: Genomes of Bacterial Pathogens
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Meeting Pattern
- T Mann Library B30B
- Sep 9 - Dec 5, 2014
Instructors
Shapleigh, J
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BIOMI 2500
Course Description
This course will use a variety of teaching methods (including historical and current case studies and databases) to help students understand basic principles of microbiology as they apply to the emergence, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Morrison Hall 163
Instructors
Merkel, S
Shapleigh, J
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Prerequisite: The equivalent of 2 semesters of majors-level biology and 1 semester of chemistry.
BIOMI 2900
Course Description
Comprehensive overview of the biology of microorganisms, with emphasis on bacteria. Topics include microbial cell structure and function, physiology, metabolism, genetics, diversity, and ecology. Also ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMI 2900
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrison Hall 146
Instructors
Winans, S
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Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 2900
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MWF Morrison Hall 146
Instructors
Winans, S
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- M Plant Science Building 135B
Instructors
Winans, S
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BIOMI 2911
Course Description
Study of the basic principles and techniques of laboratory practice in microbiology, and fundamentals necessary for further work in the subject. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Bradfield Hall 101
Instructors
Merkel, S
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Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMI 2900.
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- MW
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Merkel, S
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- TR
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Merkel, S
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BIOMI 3940
Course Description
Microorganisms play a central role in a variety of food, agricultural, and environmental processes. This course presents a comprehensive survey of the roles that microorganisms play ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FDSC 3940
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrison Hall 163
Instructors
Batt, C
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Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMI 2910 or BIOMI 2911.
BIOMI 4090
Course Description
Covers the principles of virology, focusing mainly on animal and human viruses but also including plant viruses and bacteriophage. Topics include the classification of viruses, virus entry, genome replication ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMS 4090, PLPA 4090
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Vet Research Tower T1003-LH3
Instructors
Lazarowitz, S
Osterrieder, N
Parker, J
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BIOMI 4100
Course Description
Introduction to the general principles of toxicology including the sources, mechanisms, and targets of toxic agents. Gives special attention to the interaction between toxic agents and biological systems ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMI 6100, TOX 6100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Wing Hall 406
Instructors
Hay, A
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Prerequisites: Introductory Biology and General Chemistry. Organic chemistry recommended.
BIOMI 4310
Course Description
Systematic study of arthropod, protozoan, and helminth parasites of public health importance, with emphasis on epidemiologic, clinical, and zoonotic aspects of these parasitisms. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMS 4310
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Plant Science Building 233
Instructors
Bowman, D
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BIOMI 4850
Course Description
Students gain a detailed understanding of how bacteria maintain and pass on genetic information with a strong focus on the bacterium Escherichia coli. They discover the processes by which bacteria evolve ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMI 4850
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- W Riley-Robb Hall B15
Instructors
Peters, J
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Prerequisite: BIOMG 2810. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMG 3300, 3330 or 3350, or 3310/3320.The optional 1 credit is for registered students with permission of instructor to review literature. Enrollment for 1 credit extra discussion option will occur at first lecture; Email jep48 with questions.
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 4850
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Riley-Robb Hall B15
Instructors
Peters, J
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Prerequisite: BIOMG 2810. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMG 3300, 3330 or 3350, or 3310/3320.The optional 1 credit is for registered students with permission of instructor to review literature. Enrollment for 1 credit extra discussion option will occur at first lecture; Email jep48 with questions.
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BIOMI 4900
Course Description
This course will give upper-class microbiology students critical skills in analyzing and presenting primary literature in microbiology. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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- F Wing Hall 401
Instructors
Madsen, E
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BIOMI 2900 and 2911 and completion or concurrent enrollment in upper level Microbiology course or permission of instructor.
BIOMI 4980
Course Description
Designed to give qualified undergraduate students teaching experience through actual involvement in planning and assisting in biology courses. This experience may include supervised participation in a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Staff
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Prerequisite: previous enrollment in course to be taught or equivalent. Arts students may not count this course toward graduation but may, upon petition (one time only) to their class dean, carry fewer than 12 other credits and remain in good standing. This would affect Dean's List eligibility but not eligibility for graduating with distinction. Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.
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BIOMI 6080
Course Description
Introduction to genomic approaches, tools, and discoveries involving the study of bacterial interactions with plant and animal hosts. Topics include tools for annotating, visualizing, and aligning whole ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PLPA 6080
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Plant Science Building 336
- Aug 27 - Sep 24, 2014
Instructors
Filiatrault, M
Lindeberg, M
Swingle, B
Winans, S
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BIOMI 6100
Course Description
Introduction to the general principles of toxicology including the sources, mechanisms, and targets of toxic agents. Gives special attention to the interaction between toxic agents and biological systems ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMI 4100, TOX 6100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MWF Wing Hall 406
Instructors
Hay, A
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Prerequisite: grad standing or permission of instructor.
BIOMI 6901
Course Description
Discusses those macromolecules and assemblages of macromolecules that together define the structure of the prokaryotic cell. This includes external structures, such as cell wall, flagella, pili, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Wing Hall 406
- Aug 26 - Sep 28, 2014
Instructors
Helmann, J
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Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Microbiology or a related discipline, or permission of instructor.
BIOMI 6902
Course Description
Core course of concepts, methods, and current literature that reveals the multidisciplinary nature of environmental microbiology and its relationship to prokaryotic biology. Discusses the crucial roles ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Wing Hall 406
- Sep 30 - Oct 26, 2014
Instructors
Madsen, E
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Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Microbiology or a related discipline, or permission of instructor.
BIOMI 6903
Course Description
Reviews the major energy-conserving modes of metabolism and their phylogenetic distributions among both bacteria and archaea. Topics include phylogenetic analysis, fermentation, respiration, photosynthesis, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Wing Hall 406
- Oct 28 - Dec 4, 2014
Instructors
Zinder, S
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Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Microbiology or a related discipline or permission of the instructor.
BIOMI 7910
Course Description
Reading and presentation by graduate students of current literature in selected areas of modern microbiology. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Wing Hall 406
Instructors
Angert, E
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Enrollment limited to: graduate students in microbiology.
BIOMI 7960
Course Description
Lectures and seminars on special topics in microbiology. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
0.5-1 Credits Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
BIOMI 7970
Course Description
The ability to communicate effectively is essential for success as a scientist. The primary goal of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to develop self-confidence and refine their formal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Wing Hall 406
Instructors
Helmann, J
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Requirement for: graduate students in graduate field of microbiology for first two semesters. Third semester optional.
BIOMI 7980
Course Description
All graduate students in the field of microbiology are required to attend and present a seminar concerning their research at least once each year. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- T Riley-Robb Hall 105
Instructors
Helmann, J
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Requirement for: graduate students in graduate field of microbiology.
BIOMI 7990
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
0 Credits Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Riley-Robb Hall 105
Instructors
Hewson, I
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Requirement for: all graduate students in the field of microbiology. Open to all who are interested.