Microbiology (BIOMI)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

BIOMI 1120

We live on a microbial earth. If we happen to consider microbes in our daily lives most people conjure images of disease, but in reality we depend on microbes to sustain our world. This course showcases ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PLSCS 1120

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1006 BIOMI 1120   LEC 001

  •  1007 BIOMI 1120   LAB 401

    • F Wing Hall 108
    • Angert, E

      Buckley, D

BIOMI 1200

This class will explore the current theories about the chemical origins of life on earth, and will then use these insights to discuss the search for life on other planets, inside the Solar system and outside. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18561 BIOMI 1200   LEC 001

BIOMI 2500

This course will use a variety of teaching methods (including historical and current case studies and databases) to help students understand basic principles of microbiology as they apply to the emergence, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3482 BIOMI 2500   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: The equivalent of 2 semesters of majors-level biology and 1 semester of chemistry.

BIOMI 2600

This course provides an introduction to the microbiology of microbial diseases. The primary focus is on molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, including detection of the host environment, binding of pathogenic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18560 BIOMI 2600   LEC 001

BIOMI 2900

Comprehensive overview of the biology of microorganisms, with emphasis on bacteria. Topics include microbial cell structure and function, physiology, metabolism, genetics, diversity, and ecology. Also ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMI 2900

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1346 BIOMI 2900   LEC 001

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 2900

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1347 BIOMI 2900   LEC 002

  •  1348 BIOMI 2900   DIS 201

  • 18040 BIOMI 2900   DIS 202

  • 18041 BIOMI 2900   DIS 203

  • 18042 BIOMI 2900   DIS 204

BIOMI 2911

This class will introduce you to current concepts and laboratory techniques in microbiology.  Our goal is to show you how scientists use experiments to learn about the microbes around us, with an emphasis ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  1483 BIOMI 2911   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOMI 2900.

  •  1484 BIOMI 2911   LAB 401

    • MW
    • Abou-Kandil, R

  •  4332 BIOMI 2911   LAB 402

    • MW
    • Staff

  •  1485 BIOMI 2911   LAB 403

    • TR
    • Abou-Kandil, R

  •  4333 BIOMI 2911   LAB 404

    • TR
    • Staff

BIOMI 2950

A broad integration and overview of the origins, nature, and dynamics of infectious disease in humans, plants, and animals. An examination of the historical and contemporary concepts and impacts of infectious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3414 BIOMI 2950   LEC 001

  • At least sophomore standing and two of the three core undergraduate biology courses or the equivalent.

BIOMI 3210

The microbes on and in our bodies are as abundant as our own cells. These diverse microorganisms provide us with metabolic capacities beyond our own and are essential to good health, but can also play ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4042 BIOMI 3210   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 or permission of instructor.

BIOMI 3940

Microorganisms play a central role in a variety of food, agricultural, and environmental processes. This course presents a comprehensive survey of the roles that microorganisms play ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FDSC 3940FDSC 5940

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1251 BIOMI 3940   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMI 2910 or BIOMI 2911.

  •  3877 BIOMI 3940   DIS 201

BIOMI 4090

Covers principles of virology that will give a broad understanding of how viruses infect and cause disease.  Topics include the classification of viruses, virus entry, genome replication and assembly, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMS 4090

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1301 BIOMI 4090   LEC 001

BIOMI 4310

Systematic study of arthropod, protozoan, and helminth parasites of public health importance, with emphasis on epidemiologic, clinical, and zoonotic aspects of these parasitisms. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMS 4310

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  1293 BIOMI 4310   LEC 001

BIOMI 4850

Students gain a detailed understanding of how bacteria maintain and pass on genetic information with a strong focus on the bacterium Escherichia coli. They discover the processes by which bacteria evolve ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMI 4850

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1214 BIOMI 4850   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMG 3300, 3330 or 3350, or 3310/3320.The optional 1 credit is for registered students with permission of instructor to review literature. Enrollment for 1 credit extra discussion option will occur at first lecture; Email jep48 with questions.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 4850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1215 BIOMI 4850   LEC 002

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2810. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMG 3300, 3330 or 3350, or 3310/3320.The optional 1 credit is for registered students with permission of instructor to review literature. Enrollment for 1 credit extra discussion option will occur at first lecture; Email jep48 with questions.

  •  1216 BIOMI 4850   DIS 201

    • F
    • Peters, J

BIOMI 4980

Designed to give qualified undergraduate students teaching experience through actual involvement in planning and assisting in biology courses. This experience may include supervised participation in a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2696 BIOMI 4980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Prerequisite: previous enrollment in course to be taught or equivalent. Arts students may not count this course toward graduation but may, upon petition (one time only) to their class dean, carry fewer than 12 other credits and remain in good standing. This would affect Dean's List eligibility but not eligibility for graduating with distinction. Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4492 BIOMI 4980   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Abou-Kandil, R

BIOMI 6901

Discusses those macromolecules and assemblages of macromolecules that together define the structure of the prokaryotic cell. This includes external structures, such as cell wall, flagella, pili, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 14753 BIOMI 6901   LEC 001

    • TR Morrison Hall 146
    • Aug 29 - Sep 27, 2019
    • Helmann, J

  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Microbiology or a related discipline, or permission of instructor.

BIOMI 6902

Core course of concepts, methods, and current literature that reveals the multidisciplinary nature of environmental microbiology and its relationship to prokaryotic biology. Discusses the crucial roles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 15022 BIOMI 6902   LEC 001

BIOMI 6903

Reviews the major energy-conserving modes of metabolism and their phylogenetic distributions among both bacteria and archaea. Topics include phylogenetic analysis, fermentation, respiration, photosynthesis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 14911 BIOMI 6903   LEC 001

  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students in Microbiology or a related discipline or permission of the instructor.

BIOMI 7910

Reading and presentation by graduate students of current literature in selected areas of modern microbiology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  2601 BIOMI 7910   DIS 201

  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students in microbiology.

BIOMI 7960

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5-1 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Soils, Soil-Borne Parasites

  •  1337 BIOMI 7960   LEC 001

    • Topic: Soils, Soil-Borne Parasites
    • TBA
    • Bowman, D

BIOMI 7970

The ability to communicate effectively is essential for success as a scientist. The primary goal of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to develop self-confidence and refine their formal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  1089 BIOMI 7970   DIS 201

    • F
    • Helmann, J

  • Requirement for: graduate students in graduate field of microbiology for first two semesters. Third semester optional.

BIOMI 7980

All graduate students in the field of microbiology are required to attend and present a seminar concerning their research at least once each year. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  1090 BIOMI 7980   SEM 101

  • Requirement for: graduate students in graduate field of microbiology.

BIOMI 7990

Thesis research for Ph.D. students only before "A" exam has been passed. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  1173 BIOMI 7990   SEM 101

  • Requirement for: all graduate students in the field of microbiology. Open to all who are interested.