Courses offered by the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics are listed below. For course descriptions and a complete, up-to-date listing of the courses currently offered, please visit the MSU Course Catalog. For graduate seminars, see the section below the course list. For the number of credits you need per semester go to the FAQ page.

MMG 801: Integrative Microbial Biology
MMG 803: Topics in Integrative Microbial Biology
MMG 813: Molecular Virology
MMG 825: Cell Structure and Function
MMG 833: Microbial Genetics
MMG 835: Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
MMG 840: Advanced Food Microbiology
MMG 851: Immunology
MMG 855: Molecular Evolution: Principles and Techniques
MMG 861: Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis
MMG 890: Special Problems in Microbiology
MMG 892: Seminar
MMG 899: Master's Thesis Research
MMG 991: Topics in Microbiology
MMG 999: Doctoral Dissertation Research

Other relevant courses in other departments.

GRADUATE SEMINARS

Fall 2008

MMG 892 (section 3), 1 credit, Prof. Kefei Yu, "DNA Repair". Room and time tba This seminar course will focus on all aspects of DNA repair mechanisms. Dr. Yu will give an overview presentation of all the major DNA repair pathways: 1. direct reversal of DNA modification; 2. base excision repair; 3. mismatch repair; 4. nucleotide excision repair; 5. homologous recombination; 6. double strand break repair. Dr. Yu will list a pool of papers for students to pick for their presentations, but the students are also allowed to present the papers of their own choices under his discretion. The selected papers can be most current ones as well as those of historical importance. Pass or fail depends on attendance as well as perform of oral presentation.  Contact Dr. Yu (yuke@msu.edu) for further questions.

MMG 892 (section 4), 1 credit, Prof. Sue Conrad, Prof. Kathy Gallo (and others) "Topics in Breast Cancer Research", Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m., 3280 Biomedical and Physical Sciences. Participants in this seminar course will present and discuss contemporary issues in breast cancer research.  Selected topics will include cancer stem cells; signaling pathways in breast cancer; transcriptional regulation (including steroid hormone signaling) in breast cancer; control of invasion and metastasis; gene expression profiles as prognostic/diagnostic indicators of disease outcome; and targeted therapies and mechanisms of resistance. Students must have successfully completed BMB 801 or obtain permission from Dr. Conrad or Gallo before registering.

Spring 2009

MMG 803, 2 credits (½  lec and ½ student presentations), Prof. Tom Schmidt (and postdocs), aspects of "Microbial ecology" Room and time tba.

MMG 892, 1 credit Prof. Sungjin Kim, "The immunobiology of natural killer cells", Monday 4-5 PM. Room tba. This seminar series will be focused on understanding the development and function of natural killer (NK) cells in mice and in humans. Other issues to be covered will include NK cell recognition

BMB 961, 2 credit, Prof. Eric Hegg (and others including Dr. Hausinger), "Metals in Biology". 9:10-10 am T/Th, room tba.