The Seminar of Environmental Microorganisms
Lecturer: Ying-Ning Ho (何攖寧 )
Email: ynho@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Phone: (02) 24622192 ＃5307
Course ID: M34014AW
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites: Environmental microorganisms
Course Description and Goals:
We will introduce the definition and ecology of microbes, the existence of microorganisms in life and the role-played on the environments and the related application of microorganisms. Core learning outcomes: 1. The students should be conversant with basic microbial ecology and the related knowledge. 2. The students should be able to use basic knowledge of microbial ecology for further scientific reports reading and writing.
Schedule Type: Teaching, operating and seminar
Course Schedule (subject to change):
Part 1: Molecular approaches to studying the environmental biota and their function
Week 1: Introduction of Microbial ecology
Week 2: Tools of microbial ecology
Week 3: Functional genomics to microbial ecology
Week 4: Modeling in microbial ecology
Week 5: Multi-omics approaches for environmental microbial function
Part 2: Thematic discussion on environmental microorganisms
Week 6-18: Environmental microbes related paper reading, discussion and writing.