03-392: Microbiology Laboratory-Department of Biological Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University

03-392: Microbiology Laboratory

In this course, you will gain experimental experience with key concepts in microbiology (eg: taxonomy, antibiotic resistance, changes in morphology, secretion of metabolites into media, plasmids, medical implications, etc.); however, you will explore these concepts in the lab by using both standard and nonstandard state-of-the-art equipment (eg: flow cytometer, atomic force microscope, fluorescence/bright-field/phase-contrast light microscope, light scattering, etc.).

Spring: Mini-Session – 6 units
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: 03-391