Fall 2014: Final Examination

Your final exam will be conducted on Thursday December 11, 2014 in S-431. Timings are 08:00 - 10:00 am. Details are below:

Pattern: MCQs, Short questions, long questions

Topics: Structure of prokaryotes, physical and chemical control of microorganisms, microbial genetics, introducation to viruses, prions and viroids, applied microbiology, environmental microbiology.

Be on time. No extra time will be given, if you arrive late.

Good luck.

Fall 2014 Class: Quiz 2

Dear Students

Your 2nd quiz will held on Thursday November 13, 2014 during lab timings. Quiz marks are 10 and weight-age is 5 %.  Topic for the quiz is physical and chemical control.

Be on time.

Good luck.

Fall 2014 Class: Mid-term Exam

Dear Students

You Mid-term Exam has been postponed till next week and will held on Thursday October 23, 2014 on account of the volunteer work of the students in the ETLS Conference 2014.

Course Instructor

Fall 2014: Assignment Topics - Set 1

Dear Students

You can choose an assignment topic from the following. I you would like to work on a topic of your own, come to discuss with me during lab timings.

Growth of bacteria on solid media

Growth of bacteria on liquid media

Bacterial identification using modern methods

Wastewater treatment using bacteria

Wastewater treatment using protozoa

Wastewater treatment using yeast

Solid waste treatment using microorganisms

Biofilms and their importance

Oil spill treatment using microorganisms

Differential media for the growth of microorganisms

Biofuels using microorganisms

Genetic engineering made possible by microorganisms

Microorganisms as tools of molecular biology

Microorganisms as tools of genetic expression

Plasmids and their uses in recombinant DNA technology

Transcription and translation in prokaryotes

Extracellular structures of microorganisms

Antibiotics against bacteria

Diagnostic microbiology

Medical microbiology

Fall 2014: Mid-term Exam

Dear Students

Your Mid-term exam will be conducted on Thursday October 16, 2014. Details are below:

Marks: 40, W/ge: 20%

Place: S-321, Timings: 02:00-03:00 pm

Pattern: MCQs, short questions, long question

Topics: Microbial World and You: Naming and classifying microorganisms, history of microbiology, Microbes and human welfare, Microbes and human diseases; Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic compared to eukaryotic cells: Prokaryotic cell: structures external to the cell (glycocalyx, cell wall, cell membrane), structures internal to the cell (cytoplasm, genetic material, inclusions, ribosmoes), endospores, biofilms; Baterial growth (binary fission and other methods), growth curve, factors affecting growth)

Be on time.

Good luck!

Microbiology Animations

Microbiology Animations

Animation of ATP formation in bacteria

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__electron_transport_system_and_formation_of_atp__quiz_1_.html

Fall 2014 Class: Quiz 1

Dear Students

Your quiz 1 will be conducted on Monday 22nd September. 2014. Details are as follows:
Marks: 10
Weightage: 5%
Syllabus: Tortora's Chapter 1
Pattern: MCQs

Be on time.

Good Luck.

Change in the Time Table of BIOL 315A for Fall 2014

Dear Students
This is to inform you that week days of classes of the BIOL 315A has been changed from Monday & Wednesday to Monday & Friday upon request of the students.
Your Wednesday's class is now shifted to Friday for the remaining part of the semester.
Saba

Fall 2014 Class: Welcome

Dear Students
Welcome to the course. Looking forward to have a very good semester and learning experience with you.
To download course outline, click on the link below:
Biol 315 Course Outline
Cheers!

Fall 2013 Class: See your Papers

Dear Students
You can come to my office to see your checked papers on January 6, 2014. After that I have to submit your grades.
Saba

Fall 2013: Final Examination

Dear Students
Your final exam will be conducted on Tuesday December 10, 2013 (8-10 am). Course topics and pattern has been discussed in class. Exam will be conducted in S-341.
Be on time.
Good luck

Fall 2013: Lab Exam

Dear Students
Remember your lab exam on Thursday December 5, 2013. Details has been discussed in the previous 2 labs.
Be on time.
Good luck!

A small lecture on Prions

http://www.dnatube.com/video/4681/Genes-chromosomes-prions

Readings on Viroids and Prions

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC346867/

A Useful Read on Plant Viruses

https://www.boundless.com/microbiology/concepts/5745/plant-virus-life-cycles/?app-id=100466-228

Fall 2013: Mid-Term Exam

Dear Students
Your Mid-term exam will be conducted on Thursday October 24, 2013. Exam will be conducted in S-321 in lab timings (11-12 am). Following is more information:
Duration: 1 hour
Weight-age: 20%
Marks: 40
Pattern: MCQs, short questions and long question
Syllabus: All that we covered in the class till now.

Please be on time.

Good luck

Biogas plant by students

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x138hdy_mini-biogas-generator-by-anaerobic-digestion_news

Fall 2013: Quiz 1

Dear Students

Your quiz 1 will be conducted on Wednesday September 18, 2013 in class timings. Below are the quiz details:

Marks: 15
Syllabus: The chapter of environmental microbiology.
Pattern: MCQs and short questions

Good luck.

Fall 2013: Welcome to the course (Download Course Outline)

Dear Students
Welcome to the course of Microbiology (Biol 315) class in Fall Semester 2013. I hope we will learn and enjoy the course together. Click the link below to download your course outline.
Biol 315B Course Outline