Students in Microbial Interactions will take approximately 35 credit hours of coursework from a combination of courses that fall into the categories “host processes,” “microbial processes,” and “bioinformatics and systems biology.” Students will take courses in all three of the categories, with the actual program of study based on the student’s research project and their career goals. Potential courses are listed below (list is not comprehensive; additional courses may be approved by supervisory committees):
Host Processes
Host Genetics
BIOC/BIOS 934 GENOME DYNAMICS AND GENE EXPRESSION
BIOS 820 MOLECULAR GENETICS
Host Physiology
BIOS 964 SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
FDST 825 FOOD TOXICOLOGY
NUTR 925 ENERGY METABOLISM
Host Immunity
BIOS 843 IMMUNOLOGY
VBMS 910 TOPICS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Host Nutrition
ANSC 949 BIOCHEMISTRY OF NUTRITION
FDST 870 NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS
NUTR 820 MOLECULAR NUTRITION
NUTR 821 MOLECULAR NUTRITION TECHNIQUES
NUTR 925 ENERGY METABOLISM
NUTR 926 CARBOHYDRATE AND LIPID NUTRITION
NUTR 927 PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID NUTRITION
NUTR 952 ADVANCED CLINICAL NUTRITION
Microbial Processes
Microbial Genetics
BIOS 942 GENETICS, GENOMICS, AND BIOINFORMATICS OF PROKARYOTES
Microbial Physiology
BIOS 840 MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY
FDST 805 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
FDST 806 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
FDST 815 MOLDS AND MYCOTOXINS IN FOOD, FEED, AND THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
FDST 842 OMNIVORE'S DIGESTIVE-TRACT MICROBIOME
Microbial Pathogenesis
VBMS 824 BASIC MOLECULAR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
VBMS 841 PATHOGENIC MICROBIOLOGY
VBMS 852 MOLECULAR VIROLOGY AND VIRAL PATHOGENESIS
VBMS 951 ADVANCED MOLECULAR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
VBMS 966 ADVANCED VIRAL PATHOGENESIS
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
BIOS 826 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
BIOS 827 PRACTICAL BIOINFORMATICS LABORATORY
BIOS 828 PERL PROGRAMMING FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
BIOS 829 PHYLOGENETIC BIOLOGY
BIOS 877 BIOINFORMATICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
STAT 802 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH STUDIES
STAT 841 STATISTICAL METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOLOGICAL DATA
STAT 842 COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
STAT 843 NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY