Yuen-Tsu Nicco Yu: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2023 |
| Name | Frau Dr. Yuen-Tsu Nicco Yu |
| Adresse | Institut für Integrative Biologie ETH Zürich, CHN J 12.2 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 632 80 48 |
| nicco.yu@env.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Umweltsystemwissenschaften |
| Beziehung | Dozentin |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701-0034-19L | Integrated Practical: Antibiotic-Resistance in Soil Microbial Communities  Students with known allergy to antibiotics should contact the course coordinator before taking the course | 2 KP | 3P | Y.‑T. N. Yu | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Students will gain a practical appreciation for how common antibiotic-resistant bacteria are in local environments and skills in quantifying their frequency and diversity. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students will - gain knowledge of how antibiotics work and the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance, - learn how to isolate microbial samples from soil and analyze the frequency of antibiotic resistant colonies, - compare resistance frequencies across sample sites, - record quantitative variation of diversity in resistant species within and across sample sites, - present their results and compose a scientific report of their findings. | ||||
| Inhalt | Increasing detection of multidrug-resistant bacteria in recent years has raised alarm regarding the role of antibiotic use in human medicine and animal husbandry in promoting the spread of antibiotic-resistance genes. Antibiotics, whether produced by natural organisms or released into the environment from human use, can greatly influence the biodiversity of microbial communities. In this course, we will analyze the frequency and diversity of culturable antibiotic-resistant bacteria within soil communities in and near Zurich both at sites proximate to heavy human activity and at relatively undisturbed woodland sites. | ||||
| Literatur | Provided in classroom | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | 701-0220-00L Basic Practical in Microbiology or equivalent lab course 2nd and 3rd year Bachelor students | ||||
| 701-1427-00L | Experimental Evolution | 4 KP | 2S | G. Velicer, A. Hall, S. Wielgoss, Y.‑T. N. Yu | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Students will analyze experimental evolution literature covering a wide range of questions, species and types of analysis and will lead discussions of this literature. Students will develop a written project proposal for a novel evolution experiment (or a novel analysis of a published experiment) to address an unanswered question and will also deliver an oral presentation of the project proposal. | ||||
| Lernziel | Course objectives: i) become familiar with a diverse sample of experimental evolution literature, ii) gain understanding of the strengths and limitations of experimental evolution for addressing evolutionary questions relative to other forms of evolutionary analysis, and iii) gain the ability to effectively design and analyze evolution experiments that address fundamental or applied questions in evolutionary biology. | ||||
| Inhalt | Experimental evolution is a powerful and increasingly prominent approach to investigating evolutionary processes. Students will analyze experimental evolution literature covering a diverse range of topics, species and types of analysis and will lead discussions of this literature. Students will develop a written project proposal for a novel evolution experiment (or a novel analysis of a published experiment) to address an unanswered question and will also deliver an oral presentation of the project proposal. Evaluation will be based on a combination of participation in and leadership of literature discussions, in-class exams, and oral and written presentations of the project proposal. | ||||
| Literatur | Primary research papers and review articles. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | 701-0245-00 Evolutionary Analysis (or equivalent). | ||||