Course 2024-2025

Microbiology Basics [SMMMM110]

  • 4 credits
  • 30h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: English
Teacher: Hallez Régis

Learning outcomes

This course will give an overview of the Microbial world including Bacteria, Archea and Eukaryotic microorganisms.

 

Objectives

The students will be able to describe the different microbial structures, functions and regulations; the multiple interactions microbes can have with their environments and with higher eucaryotes including plants, animals and humans; the innate and adaptative immunity; the epidemiology and microbial diseases.

 
 
 

Content

The course will be subdivided in different parts:

 

1. The Microbial World

2. Microbial Growth and Regulatory Systems

3. Microbial Systems Biology

4. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea

5. Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology

6. Microbial Evolution and Systematics

7. Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, Animals and Humans

8. Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis

9. Innate & Adaptive Immunity

10. Epidemiology and Microbial Diseases

Table of contents

None

 
 
 

Exercises description

None

 
 
 

Teaching methods

The course will be organised as a flipped classroom. The students will have to present the different chapters to the rest of the class and will be invited to ask questions during the course. If the covid19 outbreak avoids to meet in a classromm, the course could be organized on-line.

 
 
 

Evaluations

The evaluation will be explained during the first course. It will cover all the subjects seen in the course and be composed of three parts:

- the preparation and the presentation of the subjects to the class (15% of the final grade)

- the active participation during the presentation to the class by asking/answering questions (15% of the final grade)

- a multiple choice assessment at each course to check whether the concepts seen in the previous course are acquired (20% of the final grade)

- an oral exam on the entire course (50% of the final grade)

 
 
 

Recommended readings

The following book will be used as a reference for the course:

Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th edition) - Madigan, Bender, Buckley, Sattley, Stahl. Pearson Education

 
 
 

Language of instruction

English

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Master's Degree