Microbiology study group spring 2009

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Just wanted to Start a study group for spring semester .I thought it will also be fun to give pop questions for us to make up from our classes and answer to help us learn more. Hope to hear from u guys

Are we doing this via posting here, or email??? My class and lab starts 2 nite.

It looks as if we are all a bunch of new freshman running around asking each other where to go... LOL!!

Unless it violates some protocol, I guess this thread would probably be ideal to just continue with.

Let me start us off... I've found UC Berkley's lecture series to be fairly comprehensive. Here is the link to the free Cellular Biology course lectures:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu//course_details.php?seriesid=1906978516

~Blue

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Just for future reference(taking micro next semester), what do you exactly learn in Micro? Does it involve any math calculations? Is it just memorizing terminology ??

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In a nutshell, Microbiology is the study of all microscopic organisms, principally bacteria, fungi and viruses. Microbiology is one of the foundation biological sciences. Through this study of microorganisms has come fundamental understanding of how a cell works. It is also an applied science, helping health and medicine, agriculture and maintenance of the environment, as well as the biotechnology industries. We study microorganisms at the level of the community (ecology and epidemiology), at the level of the cell (cell biology and physiology), at the level of protein and gene (molecular biology).

The fusion of these elements is Microbiology.

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In a nutshell, Microbiology is the study of all microscopic organisms, principally bacteria, fungi and viruses. Microbiology is one of the foundation biological sciences. Through this study of microorganisms has come fundamental understanding of how a cell works. It is also an applied science, helping health and medicine, agriculture and maintenance of the environment, as well as the biotechnology industries. We study microorganisms at the level of the community (ecology and epidemiology), at the level of the cell (cell biology and physiology), at the level of protein and gene (molecular biology).

The fusion of these elements is Microbiology.

Okay, now what I want to know is what are you expected to understand & know on your exams? Do they want you to memorize terms & what certain cells are etc??

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well this my second week of micro and so far my prof. told us that we will need to know cellular Morphology so far and of crouse all the other info regarding bacteria and certain types of stains that are used such as: gram stain, acid-fast stain, endospore stain

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Okay, now what I want to know is what are you expected to understand & know on your exams? Do they want you to memorize terms & what certain cells are etc??

Our class is required to be able to identify (through their unique attributes) the specific bacterial, viral, protozoan, or fungal pathogens that are presented to us by any of these means: written description, slide specimen, picture, systemic infection/& symptoms with treatments, or presented within a culture. We must know whether each is procaryotic or eucaryotic, aerobic or anaerobic, sporozoa or cyclospora, their shapes, ciliates, flagellates, organelle make-up and what organelles within each organism stains or resists staining and to what color, for each, to aid in identification; and the diagnosis techniques/treatments/and preventive measures required of each.

We must first memorize the symptoms of disease, & transmission methods that each of those microbe pathogens are capable of producing in us.

We must know and utilize the proper laboratory techniques used to produce the distinguishing features of these pathogens, which permit their identification.

Ready to jump right in???? LOL!!!

~Blue

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Specializes in Nursing Assistant.

Im in !!! Ill be starting my class after work tomorrow night 5-10 pm :specs:

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Im in !!! Ill be starting my class after work tomorrow night 5-10 pm :specs:

Welcome!

My classes begin next Monday. This is my first experience with a cyber group, but I think that it will be great... although my contributions will probably be pretty light for the balance of the week, as I'll be leaving in a couple of hours for Disneyland. (Driving all night to take my 6 y/o grandson to the land of enchantment for his first time.)

~Blue

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Specializes in ICU.

Sounds like you will be having a lot of fun Blue! Wish I was going to Disneyland this week!

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Sounds like you will be having a lot of fun Blue! Wish I was going to Disneyland this week!

Thanks so much.... to be honest though, I'm actually more excited about classes beginning next week!! :wink2:

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Mmmkay, last night first lab/lecture. We went over the compound microscope features/parts, looked at the three basic forms of bacteria, did a wet mount slide with some protozoa moving in it to differentiate between true motility and brownian movement. Then we had lecture and started talking about the important scientist that contributed to microbiology studies, leueewenhoek who picked his teeth scum (ewww) and saw animalcules, pasteur and his contributions etc etc. I was disappointed to find there are only two lab practicals the whole semester- I actually enjoy that kind of test. instead there are research papers and an 'unknown' which we are given an unknown specimen and have to identify it using experiments over the course of a few weeks. However the professor seems no nonsense and got right down to business which I like. she didnt take an hour to read the honor philosophy and common sense things.

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I'm really excited about my Prof. She has a reputation as being very exacting and hard, BUT... she Loves 'bugs', and has an energy about her that I hope will be infectious. ;) It's always so nice this first week when all the hope, but not much of the hard work has started.

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