Microbiology (BIOMI)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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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.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11121 BIOMI 1120   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hefferon, K

  • 11122 BIOMI 1120   LAB 401

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hefferon, K

BIOMI 2100

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. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9543 BIOMI 2100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chatterjee, S

      Kaltenegger, L

      Winans, S

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

  •  9601 BIOMI 2500   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Winans, S

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

  •  1192 BIOMI 2900   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  • Prerequisite: one semester of introductory biology (or AP Biology) and one semester of chemistry (or AP Chemistry). Recommended corequisite: BIOMI 2911.

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1193 BIOMI 2900   LEC 002

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  •  1194 BIOMI 2900   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  •  2219 BIOMI 2900   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  •  2220 BIOMI 2900   DIS 203

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  •  2221 BIOMI 2900   DIS 204

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

      Hefferon, K

  • 20782 BIOMI 2900   DIS 205

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Doerr, T

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 Graded

  •  1218 BIOMI 2911   LEC 001

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  • Recommend corequisite: BIOMI 2900. No auditing is allowed.

  •  1219 BIOMI 2911   LAB 401

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  •  2122 BIOMI 2911   LAB 402

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  •  1220 BIOMI 2911   LAB 403

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  •  2123 BIOMI 2911   LAB 404

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  • 17933 BIOMI 2911   LAB 405

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

  • 19440 BIOMI 2911   LAB 406

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wendel, B

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

  •  2025 BIOMI 3210   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hay, A

  • Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 or permission of instructor.

BIOMI 3500

Marine microorganisms fuel globally significant elemental cycles through their activities. They also drive diseases in multicellular life through pathogenesis, modulation of host-associated microbiomes, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EAS 3555

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10497 BIOMI 3500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hewson, I

BIOMI 3940

Food Science 3940 will focus on the origin, transmission, consequences, and management of diverse microbiota throughout the food chain. Topics in this course generally include: 1) the microbiota of different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FDSC 3940

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1153 BIOMI 3940   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gibney, P

      Snyder, A

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

BIOMI 4090

Principles of Virology is a course designed to convey the basic principles of virus biology, to illustrate the key concepts of virus-host interactions and their consequences for virus replication ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  1169 BIOMI 4090   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Diel, D

      Parker, J

      Schang, L

BIOMI 4850

Bacteria and archaea are the driving force behind all major environmental cycles on the planet, they are critical players in a broad range of agricultural and industrial applications, as well as being ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMI 4850BIOMI 6850

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1141 BIOMI 4850   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900, BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3310, and BIOMG 3320, or BIOMG 3350.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 4850BIOMI 6850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1142 BIOMI 4850   LEC 002

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900, BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3310, and BIOMG 3320, or BIOMG 3350. Email kag337@cornell.edu with questions

  •  1143 BIOMI 4850   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

BIOMI 6090

Principles of Virology is a course designed to convey the basic principles of virus biology, to illustrate the key concepts of virus-host interactions and their consequences for virus replication ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9714 BIOMI 6090   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Diel, D

      Parker, J

      Schang, L

BIOMI 6850

For description and learning outcomes, see BIOMI 4850. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOMI 4850BIOMI 6850

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19047 BIOMI 6850   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900, BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3310, and BIOMG 3320, or BIOMG 3350.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOMI 4850BIOMI 6850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19048 BIOMI 6850   LEC 002

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

  • Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMI 2900, BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3310, and BIOMG 3320, or BIOMG 3350. Email kag337@cornell.edu with questions

  • 19050 BIOMI 6850   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gallagher, K

BIOMI 7100

Graduate level introduction to environmental microbiology including an introduction to microbial cell physiology, overview of microbial habitats (soil, groundwater, freshwater and marine habitats), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10318 BIOMI 7100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hay, A

      Hewson, I

  • Prerequisite: undergraduate introductory biology. Enrollment preference given to: first-year Microbiology graduate students.

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 S/U NoAud

  •  1059 BIOMI 7970   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Helmann, J

  • Requirement for graduate students in graduate field of microbiology.

BIOMI 7990

The microbiology seminar series hosts local, national, and international speakers for research seminars. Students in BioMi 7990 gain insight into current topics and cutting-edge methods in microbiology, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  1114 BIOMI 7990   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Feaga, H

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