310172 (v.1) Molecular Microbiology 631

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

There is mounting evidence for the re-emergence of infectious disease as a major threat to human health particularly as more pathogens become resistant to current antimicrobial chemotherapy. Molecular analyses of microbial pathogenesis offer new insightsand solutions for surveillance, prevention and control of infectious diseases. This unit will examine cutting-edge molecular techniques for investigating microbial pathogenesis including real-time PCR, signature-tagged mutagenesis, IVET, micro-array, genomics and proteomics. Some of the topics for detailed discussion include bio-security and emerging infectious diseases, an update on the fight against HIV and tuberculosis, molecular pathogenesis of protozoan diseases, surveillance and control of agricultural pathogens and bacteria and viruses as causative agents of cancer.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External