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Summary of your grades -- Spring 2005



npr talk of the nation
A special National Public Radio report on:
1.)Food Borne Infections and
2.)Differentiation -- What are stem cells?

rods and spirochetes

"Before human populations evolved, we must suppose that like other animals our ancestors fitted into an elaborate, self-regulating ecological balance. The most conspicuous aspect of this balance was the food chain, whereby our forebears preyed upon some forms of life and were, in their turn, preyed upon by others. In addition to these inescapable relations among large bodied animals, we must also suppose that minute, often imperceptible parasites sought their food within our ancestors' bodies, and became a significant element in balancing the the entire life system of which humanity was a part. ..."

...excerpted from Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill


"Anyone that studies the history of Hawai`i cannot doubt that, since 1778, infectious diseases introduced by foreigners have claimed more Hawaiian lives than all other causes of death combined."
... excerpted from The Gifts of Civilization: Germs and Genocide in Hawai`i by O.A. Bushnell

Course Description, Introduction and Other Items of Interest:




Syllabi
Please contact the appropriate Professor for information on their MICRO 130 section
Professor John Berestecky (e-mail: johnb@hawaii.edu)

Professor Rosemarie McElhaney (e-mail: elhaney@hawaii.edu)

Professor Teena Michael (e-mail: Teena@hawaii.edu)

Professor Catherine Unabia (e-mail: unabia@hawaii.edu)


Lecture Notes
 
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF MICROBIOLOGY (m130lect1)

EMERGENCE OF MODERN CONCEPTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (m130lect2)

A SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIFE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL(m130lect3)

PROCARYOTES - THE EUBACTERIA (m130lect4)

EUCARYOTIC CELLS (m130lect5)

REVIEW OF BASIC CHEMISTRY (m130lect6)

BIOCHEMISTRY (m130lect7)

METABOLISM (m130lect8)

MICROBIAL GENETICS (m130lect9)

MORE MICROBIAL GENETICS (m130lect10)

CONTROL OF MICROBES---AN OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS 6,7 AND 20 OF TORTORA ET. AL. (m130outline6,7,20.html)

HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY (m130lect11)

NON-SPECIFIC IMMUNITY / INNATE IMMUNITY (m130lect12)

SPECIFIC IMMUNITY / B-CELLS AND T-CELLS (m130lect13)

SPECIFIC IMMUNITY/IMMUNOPATHOLOGY(m130lect14)


Study Guide
STUDY GUIDES FOR SPECIFIC EXAMS
FIRST MIDTERM
SECOND MIDTERM
SECOND MIDTERM ADDENDUM -- Amy's Questions
THIRD MIDTERM
FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDES FOR CHAPTERS AND CHAPTER TOPICS
TORTORA Chapters 1-3

Microbiology Readings

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Service Learning Projects- courtesy of Joanne Soriano


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