Spring 2007 Schedule
(Next Offering: Spring 2009)
Biotech Conference Room 110, 10:00 am
Section 1- The Cell Envelope | Day | Date | Lecturer | Topic | | Fri. | Jan. 5 | Pesci | Structure and Function I: Overview of the Cell Envelope | | Mon. | Jan. 8 | Pesci | Structure and Function II: Specific Cell Envelope Structures | | Wed. | Jan. 10 | Martin | Transport I: Porins, Symport, Antiport, Group Translocation | | Fri. | Jan. 12 | Martin | Transport II: TonB-Dependent, ABC-Type Transporters | | Mon. | Jan. 15 | - | HOLIDAY | | Wed. | Jan. 17 | Martin * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Fri. | Jan. 19 | Martin | Export I: Secretion Systems | | Mon. | Jan. 22 | Martin | Motility and Chemotaxis: The Che System | | Wed. | Jan. 24 | Martin * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Fri. | Jan. 26 | Pesci | Export II: Efflux Systems | | Mon. | Jan. 29 | Pesci * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | |
Section 2- Catabolism and Energy Generation | Day | Date | Lecturer | Topic | | Wed. | Jan. 31 | Coleman | Overview of Bacterial Nutrition | | Fri. | Feb. 2 | Coleman | Central Pathways I - EMP, PP | | Mon. | Feb. 5 | Coleman | Central Pathways II - ED, other | | Wed. | Feb. 7 | Coleman * | Central Pathways III - TCA + Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Fri. | Feb. 9 | - | TEST 1 | | Mon. | Feb. 12 | - | No Class- Mid Atlantic Microbial Pathogenisis Meeting | | Wed. | Feb. 14 | Coleman | Central Pathways IV - Anapleurotic Reactions | | Fri. | Feb. 16 | Coleman | Fermentation I - Overview | | Mon | Feb. 19 | Coleman * | Fermentation II - Carbohydrates + Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Wed. | Feb. 21 | Coleman | Fermentation III - Amino Acids, other | | Fri. | Feb. 23 | Coleman | Overview of Bacterial Energetics | | Mon. | Feb. 26 | Coleman * | Electron Transport Systems + Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Wed. | Feb. 28 | Coleman | ATP Synthesis | | Fri. | Mar. 2 | Smith | Control of Energy Generating Pathways: Choice of Electron Acceptor | |
Section 3- Biosynthesis of Cellular Components | Day | Date | Lecturer | Topic | | Mon. | Mar. 5 | Smith * | Ammonia Assimilation: Glutamine Synthetase, Glutamate Dehydrogenase, Glutamate Synthase (2 hours) | | Wed. | Mar. 7 | Smith | Amino Acids: The Aspartate Family as a Model System | | Fri. | Mar. 9 | Smith * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | - | - | - | Mar. 11 - Mar. 18- SPRING BREAK | | Mon. | Mar. 19 | Rocha | Sulfate Assimilation and Cysteine Biosynthesis | | Wed. | Mar. 21 | Rocha | Phosphate Utilization and Pho Regulon | | Fri. | Mar. 23 | Rocha * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Mon. | Mar. 26 | - | TEST 2 | |
Section 4- Growth and Global Regulatory Systems | Day | Date | Lecturer | Topic | | Wed. | Mar. 28 | Pesci | Quorum Sensing: Who’s Out There? | | Fri. | Mar. 30 | Pesci | Secondary Metabolites | | Mon. | Apr. 2 | Pesci * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Wed. | Apr. 4 | Smith | Sporulation | | Fri. | Apr. 6 | Smith* | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Mon. | Apr. 9 | Rocha | Redox Control and Oxidative Stress | | Wed. | Apr. 11 | Anderson | Iron Starvation: Response to a Limited Nutrient Supply | | Fri. | Apr. 13 | Rocha/ Anderson * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Mon. | Apr. 16 | Roop | Generalized Cytoplasmic and Extracytoplasmic Stress Responses | | Wed. | Apr. 18 | Roop | DNA Repair | | Fri. | Apr. 20 | Roop * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Mon. | Apr. 23 | Roop | Stringent Response | | Wed. | Apr. 25 | Gaines | Stationary Phase | | Fri. | Apr. 27 | Gaines/ Roop * | Paper Discussion (2 hours) | | Mon. | Apr. 30 | - | TEST 3 | |
Please note that days indicated with an asterisk (*) will be two-hour sessions.
