| 1. Microbiology and One Health |
| 2. Microbes and planetary health |
| 3. Microbes food & nutrition |
| 4. Cell factories and biotechnology |
| 5. Building a microbe 1. Bacteria |
| 6. Building a microbe 2. Eukarya |
| 7. Origins of cells |
| 8. Alcoholic fermentation |
| 9. Biodegradation and bioremediation |
| 10. Intro to bacterial genetics |
| 11. Enzymes for DNA manipulation |
| 12. Polymerases and PCR |
| 13. Mini-lecture – Ligation and transformation |
| 14. Advanced tools for molecular microbiology |
| 15. DNA sequencing for microbiology |
| 16. Microbes as protein factories |
| 17. Production of enzymes – Hydrolases |
| 18. Overexpression in E.coli using pET plasmids |
| 19. Bioprospecting for microbes and enzymes |
| 20. Directed evolution |
| 21. Designer microbes via synthetic biology |
| 22. Microbial metabolism of xenobiotics |
| 23. Mobile genetic elements |
| 24. Microbial proteins in agricultural biotechnology |
| 25. Biosafety & Biosecurity |