2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR
Lecturer, BIOL-4904 VIROLOGY
This course examines variations in viral architecture; molecular processes that characterise the common steps of the reproductive cycles of viruses within a host cell; host cell responses to viral infections; and viral evolution. It includes a survey of adaptive strategies viruses use to meet specific situations, with illustrations taken from bacterial, animal, and plant viruses.
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-1112 HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
This course deals with the biological study of the human organism; microscopic and gross anatomy; cellular and general physiology, and human genetics.
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-2902 BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA
This course provides an introduction to the morphology, cellular physiology, ecology and biotechnology applications of the domains Bacteria and Archaea. In the laboratory, emphasis is placed on examining the fundamental principles and methods used in culturing, characterizing, and classifying Bacteria.
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-3901 MICROORGANISMS AND DISEASE
The course will include a study of medically important microorganisms with emphasis on viruses and bacteria, including chlamydiæ, mycoplasmas, and rickettsias. Topics to be covered will include mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity and virulence; the etiology and epidemiology of important human pathogens; public health and nosocomial infections; antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; and basic principles of host defence mechanisms. Attention will also be paid to diseases of important animal species and to plants of economic importance.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-2301 GENETICS
Genetics is central to the study of Biology. It deals with the processes of heredity at all levels, from molecules to populations. Genetic analysis is a logical process; the steps we use today are much the same as those employed by Mendel. Genetic phenomena are analyzed using chemical, biochemical, mathematical, and physical techniques. This course will give you an understanding of the subject as a whole and provide you with a sound basis for evaluating contemporary issues such as genetic engineering, environmental mutagens, heritable human diseases etc. Topics to be covered will include: extensions to Mendelian analysis, mapping techniques, gene mutation, the effects of changes in chromosome number and chromosome structure, the genetics of bacteria and their viruses, the nature of the gene, recombinant DNA technology, and population genetics.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-1116 EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
This course surveys evolution, ecology and biodiversity. Specific topics include evolutionary mechanisms, microevolution, speciation, phylogeny, systematics, eukaryote and prokaryote diversity, behavioural, population, community and ecosystem ecology, and conservation biology. The laboratory emphasizes the diversity of living organisms.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-1115 CELLS AND CELLULAR PROCESSES
This course will focus on the structural components, biochemistry, and physiology of cells. Topics to be covered will include structure and function of macromolecules, introduction to metabolism, cells and cell structure, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, life cycles, Mendelian genetics, chromosomes and heredity, DNA structure and replication, transcription and translation, and DNA technology. The laboratory component of this course will both supplement and support the lecture material.
Lecturer, BIOL-4904 VIROLOGY
This course examines variations in viral architecture; molecular processes that characterise the common steps of the reproductive cycles of viruses within a host cell; host cell responses to viral infections; and viral evolution. It includes a survey of adaptive strategies viruses use to meet specific situations, with illustrations taken from bacterial, animal, and plant viruses.
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-1112 HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
This course deals with the biological study of the human organism; microscopic and gross anatomy; cellular and general physiology, and human genetics.
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-2902 BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA
This course provides an introduction to the morphology, cellular physiology, ecology and biotechnology applications of the domains Bacteria and Archaea. In the laboratory, emphasis is placed on examining the fundamental principles and methods used in culturing, characterizing, and classifying Bacteria.
Lecturer and Lab Instructor, BIOL-3901 MICROORGANISMS AND DISEASE
The course will include a study of medically important microorganisms with emphasis on viruses and bacteria, including chlamydiæ, mycoplasmas, and rickettsias. Topics to be covered will include mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity and virulence; the etiology and epidemiology of important human pathogens; public health and nosocomial infections; antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; and basic principles of host defence mechanisms. Attention will also be paid to diseases of important animal species and to plants of economic importance.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-2301 GENETICS
Genetics is central to the study of Biology. It deals with the processes of heredity at all levels, from molecules to populations. Genetic analysis is a logical process; the steps we use today are much the same as those employed by Mendel. Genetic phenomena are analyzed using chemical, biochemical, mathematical, and physical techniques. This course will give you an understanding of the subject as a whole and provide you with a sound basis for evaluating contemporary issues such as genetic engineering, environmental mutagens, heritable human diseases etc. Topics to be covered will include: extensions to Mendelian analysis, mapping techniques, gene mutation, the effects of changes in chromosome number and chromosome structure, the genetics of bacteria and their viruses, the nature of the gene, recombinant DNA technology, and population genetics.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-1116 EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
This course surveys evolution, ecology and biodiversity. Specific topics include evolutionary mechanisms, microevolution, speciation, phylogeny, systematics, eukaryote and prokaryote diversity, behavioural, population, community and ecosystem ecology, and conservation biology. The laboratory emphasizes the diversity of living organisms.
Lab Instructor, BIOL-1115 CELLS AND CELLULAR PROCESSES
This course will focus on the structural components, biochemistry, and physiology of cells. Topics to be covered will include structure and function of macromolecules, introduction to metabolism, cells and cell structure, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, life cycles, Mendelian genetics, chromosomes and heredity, DNA structure and replication, transcription and translation, and DNA technology. The laboratory component of this course will both supplement and support the lecture material.