# ME.340 (Biological Chemistry)

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## Courses

**ME.340.696.**  **Research Elective in Biological Chemistry.**

**ME.340.702.**  **Rigor, Reproducibility & Experimental Design in Biological Chemistry.**  **2 Credits.**

**ME.340.711.**  **Bacterial Cell Biology and Development.**  **1 Credit.**

**ME.340.712.**  **Bacterial Signaling and Communities.**  **1 Credit.**

**ME.340.713.**  **Microbial Pathogenesis.**  **1 Credit.**

This course will examine a breadth of topics in microbial pathogenesis in the form of faculty lectures providing foundational information and student presentations of current research. Various aspects of host-pathogen interactions will be covered including routes of infection; adhesion, invasion and colonization; extracellular, cytosolic and vacuolar pathogens; virulence mechanisms and host cell manipulation; innate immunity and host defense mechanisms; antibiotic therapy and resistance.

**ME.340.714.**  **Exosomes: Molecular Mechanisms and Biomedical Applications.**  **1 Credit.**

This course will explore the biology of exosomes and other secreted vesicles, as well as their biomedical roles and translational applications. Class content will consist of a combination of in-class lectures, assigned readings, assigned literature research projects, and student presentations.

**ME.340.715.**  **Graduate Elective in Proteomics.**  **1 Credit.**

**ME.340.805.**  **Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.**  **1 - 18 Credits.**

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**ME.340.808.**  **BCMB Research.**  **1 - 18 Credits.**

Laboratory Research