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New Course: BIO484H5F The Diversity of Host-Microbe Interactions

The Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, is excited to announce a new course:  BIO484H5F Selected Topics in Biology II - The Diversity of Host-Microbe Interactions.

Multidrug resistant Salmonella
Multidrug resistant Salmonella
Picture: Hind Emad

Course Description:

Microbes may not be visible to our naked eyes, but they are ubiquitous in our environment and inside us. Through lectures and discussions, this course explores the diversity of host-microbe interactions and which factors determine whether these interactions are mutualistic or infectious. Topics include: microbial virulence, pathogens and disease, host defence, antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, host-microbe co-evolution and beneficial microbes. During this course, students will research a host-microbe interaction of their choice and present their work in mini-lectures.

Prerequisite: BIO206H5, BIO370Y5 or BIO373H5

 

 

Hind Emad
Dr. Hind Emad
Dr. Hind Emad is the instructor for this new course.
Dr. Emad obtained her Bachelor of Science (Biology) in 2008, and then she was awarded the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in-country scholarships to support her MSc degree in Microbiology in 2012. After her PhD in Molecular Biotechnology in 2018 from the University of Khartoum, Sudan, Dr. Emad joined Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Germany in 2019 as Post-Doctoral Fellow.
Dr. Emad joined the Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, in September 2021 in Professor Marc Johnson's Lab as Post-Doctoral Fellow.
Her research focuses, in general, on understanding physiological and molecular response of plants to stress (biotic and abiotic) for improving yield and ensuring food and fuel for the future.