This is Microbial Ecology and Evolution, Genetics 713/813, at the University of New Hampshire.
Where/When?
Lectures will be held in SLS G16
Laboratories and Recitations will be held in Rudman G40
The instructor is:
Vaughn Cooper, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Genetics
Office phone: 603-862-3422, but email is better. Office hours are Mondays 2-4.
Objectives
1) To comprehend the breadth of the fields of microbial evolution, ecology, and community ecology, and their practical/social relevance
2) To continue to learn to write and think critically as a scientist
3) To become an adept consumer and critic of contemporary science literature, and to participate in its discourse, using modern social network methods
4) To understand that microbiology is fundamentally about large populations and/or communities of [small] organisms, and its implications on microbial evolution and ecology. Thus, to become a skilled “population thinker”
5) To learn how microbial populations can be models for testing evolutionary and ecological theory
6) To become proficient in the modern genome technology that drives much of this field
7) To collaborate and interact critically with your peers over this subject matter; to inspire others by your creativity.
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