Lect. no.

Date

Time

Lecture topic

Assigned reading

Lecturer

1

8/25

10 am

Introduction to microorganisms

Ch. 1-3

Kaplan

2

8/27

8 am

The bacterial cell wall- Gram positive versus Gram-negative

Kaplan

3

9/1

10 am

The bacterial genome

Ch. 5

Kachlany

4

9/3

8 am

Gene transfer mechanisms

Kachlany

5

9/8

10 am

Gene regulation

Kachlany

6

9/10

8 am

Genetic mutations

Kachlany

7

9/15

10 am

QUIZ 1 (10 % OF GRADE)

Exopolysaccharides and membrane proteins

Ch. 19

Kaplan

8

9/17

8 am

Pili, fimbriae and flagella

Kaplan

9

9/22

10 am

Extracellular toxins I

LECTURE IN MSB C600

Kachlany

10

9/24

8 am

Extracellular toxins II

Kachlany

11

9/29

10 am

Antibiotics I

Ch. 20

Kaplan

12

10/1

8 am

Antibiotics II

Kaplan

13

10/6

10 am

MIDTERM EXAM (40% OF GRADE)

14

10/8

8 am

Bacterial biofilms

To be determined

Kaplan

15

10/13

10 am

Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis

Kachlany

16

10/15

8 am

Staphylococci

Kaplan

17

10/20

10 am

Streptococci

Kaplan

18

10/22

8 am

Viridans streptococci and dental caries
LECTURE IN NJDS B721

Kaplan

19

10/27

10 am

Periodontopathogens and periodontitis I

Kachlany

20

10/29

8 am

QUIZ 2 (10 % OF GRADE)

Periodontopathogens and periodontitis II

Kaplan

21

11/3

10 am

Other bacteria of medical importance I

Kaplan

22

11/5

8 am

Other bacteria of medical importance II

Kachlany

23

11/10

10 am

Other bacteria of medical importance III

Kachlany

24

11/12

8 am

Mycotic infections

Kaplan

25

11/17

10 am

Viral infections I

Kachlany

26

11/19

8 am

Viral infections II

Kachlany

27

11/24

10 am

Viral infections III

Kachlany