Summary
of your grades -- Spring 2005
"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. ..."
"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 Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
... excerpted from The Gifts of Civilization: Germs and Genocide in Hawai`i by O.A. Bushnell
Course Description, Introduction and Other Items of Interest:
Please contact the appropriate Professor for information on their MICRO 130 sectionProfessor 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)
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 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
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