BMB528: Microbiology for Pharmaceutical Science (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01009601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: b.vester@bmb.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
boysen@bmb.sdu.dk
mikkelj@bmb.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Revison of timetable:
: Forelæsningerne i BMB528 om torsdagen fra kl. 10-12 i uge 22, har følgende ændringer: Lokale ændret fra U20 til U55

Comment:
Samlæses med BMB507

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Students must have passed either BB508 Biology of Animals and Plants – from Molecule to Organism and BMB501 Biomolecular Chemistry or FF503 and should be familiar with the material in BMB504 Fundamental Molecular Biology and either BMB503 Fundamental Biochemistry or BMB530 Basic Biochemistry.

Course introduction
To give pharmacy students an introduction to microbiology, bacterial disease, and antibiotics.

Qualifications
Students will gain familiarity with the core areas of microbiology and will be able to correctly employ the key terms used in microbiology

Students will also obtain practical experience in
• investigating microbes using microscopy
• use of sterile procedures in microbiology
• use of basic techniques for cultivation of microorganisms
• isolation and characterisation of pure cultures
• estimation of bacterial numbers in air and water
• investigations of interactions between bacteria and antibiotics

Expected learning outcome
After completing the course, the student will be able to

• describe the structure of bacterial cells at the molecular level
• describe bacterial population growth and the environmental factors that influence growth and behaviour
• describe how bacterial cells convert substrates into new cell material
• describe how bacterial populations change with time through gene transfer and evolution
• describe how bacteria cause disease and how this is prevented by the immune system
• describe the properties of important antibiotics and the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
• describe the structure and properties of virus

Subject overview
1. Cell structure.
2. Microbial growth .
3. Metabolism and biosynthesis.
4. Genetics and evolution.
5.Differentiation and behaviour
6. Microbial diversity and ecology.
7. Bacterial infection and host responses.
8. Antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance.
9. Bacteriophage and other viruses.
10. Techniques for laboratory work with microorganisms.

Literature

• Marjorie Kelly Cowan: Microbiology: A Systems Approach , 3. Edition 2012. McGraw-Hill.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Active participation in tutorial lessons, presence at min. 75% of the meetings.

Assessment and marking:

1. Reports of the laboratory exercises (0 ECTS). Pass/fail, examination by instructor only. Approved lab exercises are a prerequisite for participating in the written examination.
2. 3 hours computer examination with all written aids and calculator allowed (5 ECTS). Acces to the internet or digital information on the student's computer is not allowed. External examiner with grades according to the Danish 7-scale.

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 13 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 16 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 12 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
This course is not open to students who have obtained credit for BM115, BMB507, or BMB525.

Course enrollment
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