301574 (v.2) Molecular Microbiology 333

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

8.0

** 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. **

Individual Study:

1 x 5 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

A detailed understanding of the principles of molecular biology is a prerequisite to developing commercial applications by molecular biotechnology. This unit examines the molecular biology of animal, plant, insect and bacterial viruses and highlights some of the commercial applications arising from this knowledge including: strategies for the development of the antiviral agents and vaccines, cloning and expression vectors, biological control of insects and pests, strategies for studying oncogenesis and cell apoptosis and tools for diagnosing viral infection and analyzing the epidemiology of viral diseases. The study of viruses is used to broaden the students' understanding of gene regulation and nucleic acid replication. There is a brief introduction to the molecular biology and biotechnology of prions, viroids, fungi, algae and protozoa. The final section examines cutting edge technology used to study micro organisms including nucleic acid sequencing, proteomics and micro arrays.

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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
2007	Bentley Campus	Trimester 2			Y
2007	BPI Intern'l Group S'pore	Trimester 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