Microbial Population Biology

Open access blog network of courses focused on the population biology of bacteria and viruses

Entries from April 2010

Grant proposal drafts are available

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Hi guys,
As I complete evaluating your drafts, I am putting the paper copies in a box outside my door. Some are available now.
Please be sure to follow an accepted reference format such as the ASM format specified in the grant proposal assignment. In general, reread the assignment page and make sure your grant conforms.
Also, please [...]

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Bookkeeping

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments

A summary of your minimum assignments in the second half of the course:
1) A post on an original article on the evolution of sex (3/30)
2) A post summarizing one of the Myxococcus articles (4/6)
3) A post on an original article on the evolution of virulence (4/13)
4) A post on an article or podcast on our [...]

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Post on your “evolution of virulence” article

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments

A reminder that you should summarize the article that you read on some aspect of the evolution of virulence (why are some parasites so virulent, and others so mild?) on your blog.
thx
MGMT

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basic microbiology resource for you grantwriters

April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Dear all,
Check out: http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/MicrobeWiki
if you seek background on your potential microbial study subjects.
VC

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