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METX150L Microbial Life in Extreme Environments: Field and Lab Methods
METX150L Microbial Life in Extreme Environments: Field and Lab Methods
An experiential field/laboratory microbiology course that explores the boundaries of life inhabiting extreme environments, for example, hot springs, hypersaline and alkaline soda lakes, deserts, and volcanic ecosystems. The course includes a multi-day field trip for sample collection. Extensive laboratory work focused on culturing and isolating extremophilic microbes and characterizing their genomes and metagenomes. Students learn professional scientific communication skills such as scientific writing and presentations. It is recommended that students complete METX 100 and/or METX 150 prior to enrollment. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 20A. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor.
Requirements Prerequisite(s): BIOL 20A. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor.
Credits 5
The course is part of the Degree Defining Experiences funded by the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
I am teaching a new course this summer at UCSC called "Microbial Life in Extreme Environments", METX150L.
Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. Send me an email if you are interested.
The dates are June 23 through August 13
T/W/Th 1:00-3:30PM
Field trip will be June 30-July 3
We will be staying at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory field station for three nights and returning on the 3rd.
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