Students from the Microbiology Co-op Program are based out of an academic Department which has been internationally recognized for its many contributions in microbiology, molecular biology and immunology.
Our students experience the most up-to-date molecular approaches to the study of problems in microbiology and immunology, biochemistry, as well as structural and molecular biology. Programs within Microbiology & Immunology allow students to select courses ranging from:
- Biotechnology
- Molecular microbiology
- Environmental microbiology
- Bioinformatics
- Immunology
- Virology
- Pathogenic microbiology
Sample skill sets
- Environmental microbial sampling
- Aseptic technique, pipetting, reagent and medium media preparation
- Culture of bacteria and mammalian cells, cell counting via hemocytometer, cell stimulation
- Slide preparations, Gram staining technique, immunofluorescent staining
- Compound, phase contrast, and immunofluorescent microscopy
- Bacterial identification and numeration via metabolic and biochemical testing and DNA sequence analysis
- Transformation and Transfection
- Plasmid preparation and isolation
- ELISA, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, ligation, qPCR
- SDS-PAGE and Western blots
- Introduction to flow cytometry acquisition and analysis
- Quantitative and qualitative sampling techniques