School of Dental Medicine

Microbiology

Course Info
  • Course Director: Dr. Aaron Weinberg
  • Syllabus
Old Powerpoints
Course Documents & Schedule
01/09 Introduction / General Concepts in Microbiology / Powerpoint Slides
01/23 Cont'd General Concepts in Microbiology / Intro to Oral Pathogens
01/30 Innate Immunity of the Oral Cavity / Peptidoglycan Schematic of NAM-NAG
02/06 Cont’d Innate/Acquired/Adaptive Immunity
02/20 Cont’d themes in innate and acquired immunity / Complement System / Student Presentation: Antibiotic Resistance (Tamboli)
02/27 Cont’d themes in innate and acquired immunity / Student presentations
03/05 Bacterial Colonization and Plaque Formation / Student presentations
03/12 The Debate Over the Importance of Bacteria in Periodontal Disease Etiology / Student presentations.
03/19 Cell Signaling in normal and abnormal states (Dr. Ge Jin) / Student Presentation: Interleukins (Atkins)
03/26 Cytokines and Signaling Pathways in Health and Disease (Dr. Ge Jin) Caries Immunology / Student Presentations
04/02 Microbiology of Caries / Student Presentation: Neutrophil Abnormalities (Abdel-Malek) (Keynote File)
04/09 Microbiological and Susceptibility Testing Methods in Perio/Endo Therapy / Student Presentation: Xylitol (Brannan) / Student Presentation: Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer (Al Saad) / Student Presentation: Herpes (Jordan)
04/16 Genetic Approaches to Understanding Oral Disease Suscpetibility & Risk / Student Presentation: Early Childhood Caries (Ferretti) / Student Presentation: Biofilms (Safadi)
04/23 Principles of antibiotic resistance / Student Presentation: Apical Periodontitis (Kalokhe)
04/30 Student Presentation: Localized Aggressive Periodontitis (Tamboli) / Student Presentation: Immune defense mechanisms of dental pulp (Setty) / Student Presentation: Enterococcus faecalis (Bigelow) / Review
05/07 Final Exam