- Student is able to critically analyze and discuss current concepts and understanding of microbial cell structure and function
- Student is able to explain how unique bacterial structures can be used as targets for vaccines and antimicrobial compounds and is able to design strategies to develop new antibiotics and vaccines
- Student understands different aspects of bacterial genetics and is able to translate the consequences of genetic variation on drug resistance and vaccine escape
- Student is able to identify differences in microbial cell membrane and cell wall structures of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and has knowledge on membrane transport and on biosynthesis of cell membrane and cell wall structures
- Student is able to summarize the different phases and categorize the different cell structures involved in cell division
- Student is able to describe mechanisms of bacterial communication and motility
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Microbes have developed ingenious mechanisms to survive and propagate in different environments. The focus of the topic is on the molecular basis of essential physiological processes such as gene expression, cell division, protein secretion and cell wall synthesis and the molecular mechanisms that are employed to acquire nutrients, to move, to communicate and to attach to different surfaces. Furthermore, we will elaborate on the background of advanced biochemical, biophysical and molecular genetic methods and techniques that are used to discover the molecular world of microbes.
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