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: PLSCS 1120
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Bradfield Hall 105
Instructors
Buckley, D
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- F Wing Hall 108
Instructors
Angert, E
Buckley, D
BIOMI 1200
Course Description
This class will explore the current theories about the chemical origins of life on earth, and will then use these insights to discuss the search for life on other planets, inside the Solar system and outside. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- T Riley-Robb Hall B15
Instructors
Winans, S
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrison Hall 163
Instructors
Merkel, S
Shapleigh, J
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: The equivalent of 2 semesters of majors-level biology and 1 semester of chemistry.
BIOMI 2600
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the microbiology of microbial diseases. The primary focus is on molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, including detection of the host environment, binding of pathogenic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Caldwell Hall 100
Instructors
Winans, S
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(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Plant Science Building 233
Instructors
Doerr, T
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 2900
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Plant Science Building 233
Instructors
Doerr, T
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- M Stocking Hall 201
Instructors
Doerr, T
Zinder, S
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- M Warren Hall 113
Instructors
Doerr, T
Zinder, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stocking Hall 201
Instructors
Doerr, T
Zinder, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stocking Hall 201
Instructors
Doerr, T
Zinder, S
BIOMI 2911
Course Description
This class will introduce you to current concepts and laboratory techniques in microbiology. Our goal is to show you how scientists use experiments to learn about the microbes around us, with an emphasis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- F Bradfield Hall 101
Instructors
Abou-Kandil, R
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Additional Information
Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMI 2900.
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MW
Instructors
Abou-Kandil, R
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- TR
Instructors
Abou-Kandil, R
BIOMI 2950
Course Description
A broad integration and overview of the origins, nature, and dynamics of infectious disease in humans, plants, and animals. An examination of the historical and contemporary concepts and impacts of infectious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrison Hall 163
Instructors
Hendry, T
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Additional Information
At least sophomore standing and two of the three core undergraduate biology courses or the equivalent.
BIOMI 3210
Course Description
The microbes on and in our bodies are as abundant as our own cells. These diverse microorganisms provide us with metabolic capacities beyond our own and are essential to good health, but can also play ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrison Hall 163
Instructors
Hay, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 or permission of instructor.
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. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FDSC 3940, FDSC 5940
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stocking Hall 202
Instructors
Batt, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMI 2910 or BIOMI 2911.
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- R Stocking Hall 202
Instructors
Batt, C
BIOMI 4090
Course Description
Covers principles of virology that will give a broad understanding of how viruses infect and cause disease. Topics include the classification of viruses, virus entry, genome replication and assembly, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOMS 4090
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Vet Research Tower T1003-LH3
Instructors
Parker, J
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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Bradfield Hall 101
Instructors
Bowman, D
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Riley-Robb Hall B15
Instructors
Peters, J
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. 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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Riley-Robb Hall B15
Instructors
Peters, J
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Additional Information
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.
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
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
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 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
Seven Week - First.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrison Hall 146
- Aug 29 - Sep 27, 2019
Instructors
Helmann, J
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Additional Information
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
Seven Week - Second.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrison Hall 146
- Oct 1 - Oct 31, 2019
Instructors
Hay, A
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
Seven Week - Second.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrison Hall 146
- Nov 5 - Dec 10, 2019
Instructors
Zinder, S
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Additional Information
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 Stocking Hall M01
Instructors
Angert, E
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Additional Information
Enrollment limited to: graduate students in microbiology.
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)
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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Meeting Pattern
- T Riley-Robb Hall 105
Instructors
Peters, J
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Additional Information
Requirement for: graduate students in graduate field of microbiology.
BIOMI 7990
Course Description
Thesis research for Ph.D. students only before "A" exam has been passed. 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
Peters, J
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Additional Information
Requirement for: all graduate students in the field of microbiology. Open to all who are interested.