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270127 VU The Chemistry of Microbial Interactions (2025S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Tu 04.02.2025 08:00 to Tu 25.02.2025 23:59
Deregistration possible until Tu 25.02.2025 23:59

Details

max. 40 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Thomas Böttcher

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture provides a comprehensive understanding of central concepts and principles in the chemistry of microbial interactions which are being explained by diverse examples. Hereby the lecture bridges microbiology and organic chemistry.

Topics of the lecture include:

- General aspects of microbial interactions (competition, cooperation, predation) and coordinated social behaviour of microbes
- Microbial quorum sensing signals and regulation pathways and quorum quenching
- Siderophores and iron scavenging mechanisms
- Factors controlling dormancy and resuscitation of microorganisms
- Surface active substances
- Small molecule toxins and antibiotics
- The chemistry of microbe-phage interactions
- Microbe-host interactions (human, animal, plant)

Assessment and permitted materials

written examination, 90 min

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

100 points max.

grade/points
1 89 – 100
2 76 – 88
3 63 – 75
4 50 – 62
5 0 - 49

Examination topics

online lectures and associated material (see moodle)

Reading list

Association in the course directory

MMEI II-2.2, CH-CBS-07, BC-CHE II-3

Last modified: Tu 28.01.2025 14:46