VIEN 5660

Current Topics in the Biology of Wine Microbes

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course uses primary literature publications related to wine-relevant microbes to explore how cells interact with their environment and how scientific progress is made. Selected papers will include both investigations into basic cell biology of wine-relevant microbes and direct investigations into wine microbiology.

Prerequisites background equivalent to: BIOMI 2900; CHEM 1570; BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3310.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to interpret and evaluate primary scientific literature related to wine microbiology, including summarizing the results, placing the results within the context of the field, critical analysis of results, and designing alternative/follow-up experiments.
• Students will be able to describe modern molecular biology approaches used to understand the biology of wine microbes.
• Students will be able to explain the ways that yeast cells respond to the changing environment presented throughout fermentation of grape juice into wine.

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