MICR 405

Molecular Biotechnology

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Advanced topics in microbiology examining developments and applications of biotechnology. Topics will vary from year to year but will include some of the following: recombinant DNA technologies, bioinformatics, fermentation processes, plant-microbe interactions, plant biotechnology, transgenics, proteomics, aquaculture and related topics in ocean microbiology. Seminars will be presented by visiting experts and several faculty members.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 405, BIOC 405.

Formerly: BIOC 405

Prerequisites: 200A and 200B, or 200; BIOC 300A and 300B, or 300.

Undergraduate course in Microbiology offered by the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology in the Faculty of Science.