Plant & Microbial Biology 1 PLANTBI 200A Plant Developmental Genetics Plant & Microbial 1.5 Unit Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 Biology The students will be provided with both the basic framework and current topics of plant developmental genetics. Overview Plant Developmental Genetics: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology consists of the Division of Plant Biology and the Division of Microbial Biology. Programs at both the Prerequisites: Consent of instructor undergraduate and graduate levels have been designed to offer students maximum flexibility in defining their own areas of interest. In addition to Hours & Format departmental resources that are available in Koshland Hall, the facilities Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of of the College of Natural Resources Biological Imaging Facility and the discussion per week United States Department of Agriculture Plant Gene Expression Center are available for the programs of the department. Additional Details The Division of Plant Biology Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate The Division of Plant Biology program emphasizes basic research and its Grading: Letter grade. application to plants and promotes the design of plant biotechnologies. With an increasing awareness of environmental problems, global Instructor: Hake changes, and emerging food needs, plants are a focal point for new research initiatives and educational training programs. Understanding the Plant Developmental Genetics: Read Less [-] biology of plants, their development, their responses to the environment, and the impact of human activities on the plant biosphere are many of PLANTBI 200B Genomics and Computational the challenges that will continue to fuel the expansion of plant biology Biology 1.5 Unit research well into the twenty-first century. Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Principles of computational and genomic biology. Covers evolutionary, The Division of Microbial Biology algorithmic, and statistical foundations of sequence analysis, allowing students to understand concepts underlying modern computational The Division of Microbial Biology was established within the department methods. Practical applications wil be pursued in student-coordinated to provide a focus for microbial biology at UC Berkeley. There is a sessions. Combined lecture with 220B. growing awareness that microbes and microbial activities are essential Genomics and Computational Biology: Read More [+] to maintaining a high quality of life for all eukaryotes. Moreover, Rules & Requirements understanding the microbial world is necessary if we are to comprehend the global ecosystem, evolutionary history, and diversity of life on earth. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor The twenty-first century will bring a new understanding of the workings of the global ecosystem and a wealth of new technologies derived from Hours & Format the microbial world. The new microbial biology research programs are designed to meet this challenge. Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Undergraduate Programs Additional Details Genetics and Plant Biology (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/ degree-programs/genetics-plant-biology/): BS Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Microbial Biology (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree- Grading: Letter grade. programs/microbial-biology/): BS Graduate Programs Instructor: Freeling The department and affiliated graduate group offer the following graduate Genomics and Computational Biology: Read Less [-] degrees: Microbiology (http://guide.berkeley.edu/graduate/degree-programs/ microbiology/): PhD Plant Biology (http://guide.berkeley.edu/graduate/degree-programs/plant- biology/): PhD Plant and Microbial Biology Expand all course descriptions [+]Collapse all course descriptions [-] 2 Plant & Microbial Biology PLANTBI 200C Plant Diversity and Evolution PLANTBI 200E Plant Biochemistry 1.5 Unit 1.5 Unit Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 The aim of this course is to augment the student's knowledge of key This course will introduce the students to the diversity of plant form and plant-specific (or particularly relevant) biochemical processes focusing function and provide them with a basic understanding of the tools and on the underlying experiments used to deduce key cycles coupled with techniques used to study plant diversification and evolution. Molecular current areas of exploration and debate surrounding a given topic area. In and morphological data will be discussed and plant diversity will be addition, this section will broaden and deepen the student's knowledge of introduced at molecular, population, organismal, and ecological levels. biochemistry in general including basic enzyme kinetics, assessment of Plant Diversity and Evolution: Read More [+] enzymatic (biochemical) function, and modes of regulation. Rules & Requirements Plant Biochemistry: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Hours & Format Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Blackman Instructor: Scheller Plant Diversity and Evolution: Read Less [-] Plant Biochemistry: Read Less [-] PLANTBI 200D Plant Cell Biology 1.5 Unit Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 PLANTBI 200F Plant-Environment The course will describe the conceptual framework of plant cell biology Interactions 1.5 Unit followed by in-depth discussion of several active areas of research Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 including cell wall biology, membrane transport, cellular trafficking, and Students will be provided with both the historical framework and current cell signaling. topics in the molecular mechanisms underlying plant dynamic responses Plant Cell Biology: Read More [+] to external signals and stresses. Rules & Requirements Plant-Environment Interactions: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Hours & Format Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Luan Instructor: Harmon Plant Cell Biology: Read Less [-] Plant-Environment Interactions: Read Less [-] Plant & Microbial Biology 3 PLANTBI 201 Faculty Research Review 2 PLANTBI 205A Introduction to Research 2 - Units 12 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 Presentation and discussion of faculty research in the areas of plant and Closely supervised experimental work under the direction of an individual microbial biology. Faculty speakers review recent advances in their area faculty member; an introduction to experimental methods and research of expertise and present an outlook of current research activities in their approaches in particular areas of plant and microbial biology. laboratories. The format of the class is designed to stimulate a dialogue Introduction to Research: Read More [+] between instructor and students in the course of each presentation. Rules & Requirements Faculty Research Review: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Hours & Format Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-12 hours of independent study per week Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Subject/Course Level: Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series. Faculty Research Review: Read Less [-] Introduction to Research: Read Less [-] PLANTBI 202 Faculty Research Review 2 Units PLANTBI 205B Introduction to Research 2 - Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 12 Units Presentation and discussion of faculty research in the area of microbial Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 biology. Faculty speakers review recent advances in their area of Closely supervised experimental work under the direction of an individual expertise and present an outlook of current research activities in their faculty member; an introduction to experimental methods and research laboratories. The format of the class is designed to stimulate a dialogue approaches in particular areas of plant and microbial biology. between instructor and students in the course of each presentation. Introduction to Research: Read More [+] Faculty Research Review: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of