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Certificate of Achievement
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH MOHAMMED MASHNI
has completed the following course:
Small and Mighty: Introduction to Microbiology
This online course included a general introduction to the field of microbiology and the significant roles microbes play in health, food, and the environment through a wide range of activities including lab demonstrations, home-based practicals and interviews with university experts.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Glyn Barrett
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Reading
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the key differences between the five groups of microbe.
- Explain how microbes replicate and why environmental conditions affect where they live.
- Differentiate between beneficial and harmful effects of microbes.
- Discuss ways that microbiology research has, and will continue to, benefit human health, food production and the environment.
- Explain how microbes evolve and discuss the potential implications of this on the future health of the population and our planet.
- Conduct simple microbiology experiments and analyse the results in order to draw conclusions.
Syllabus
- What microbes are: recognise the differences between the 5 major groups (Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi and Protists) and where they appear in the tree of life.
- How microbes function: understand how microbes replicate, grow and exchange genes with each other.
- Where microbes live: learn how microbes survive and thrive throughout the world, from extreme environments to the surface of our skin.
- How to study microbes: watch practical demonstrations of common microbiology techniques and learn how microbiologists can identify the culprit of an infection.
- How to test a hypothesis: carry out your own microbiology experiments and find out how to analyse your results.
- Why studying microbes is so important: explore how microbiology research benefits society in three key areas - Medical, Food and Environment.
- How studying microbes can answer questions about evolution: discover how a microbe can rapidly rewire its genes following a life-threatening mutation.
Issued on 17th July 2020
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