Parasitology - Biology 3100:454/554

Syllabus - 2005

 

Week

Date

Topic

Readings1

Lec. #4

1

1/18/05

Introduction to Parasitology

1-9, 43-61

1

 

1/20/05

Ecology and Evolution of Parasites

11-23

2

2

1/25/05

Immunology and Pathology

25-42

3

 

1/27/05

Mastigophora: Giardia, Trichomonads

89-102

4

3

2/1/05

Hemoflagellates: Leishmania

76-85

5

 

2/3/05

Hemoflagellates: Leishmania

 

5

4

2/8/05

Trypanosomes

61-89

6

 

2/10/05

Trypanosomes

 

6

5

2/15/05

Sarcodina: Amoebae

107-121

7

 

2/17/05

Sarcodina & Ciliophora

175-180

7

6

2/22/05

Holiday

 

 

 

2/24/05

Introduction to Apicomplexa; Lab practical 13

123-146

8

7

3/1/05

Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidium, Malaria

147-165

8,9

 

3/3/05

Apicomplexa: Malaria

 

9

8

3/8/05

Apicomplexa: Malaria, Babesia

165-173

9

 

3/10/05

Trematodes

199-208, 217-44, 275-91

10

9

3/15/05

Midterm exam2

 

 

 

3/17/05

Trematodes

 

10

10

3/22/05

Echinostomatiformes

263-274

10

 

3/24/05

Schistosomes; Lab practical 23

245-262

11

11

3/29/05

Spring Break

 

 

 

3/31/05

Spring Break

 

 

12

4/5/05

Schistosomes

 

11

 

4/7/05

Cestodes

311-366

12

13

4/12/05

Cestodes

 

12

 

4/14/05

Nematodes

367-410

13

14

4/19/05

Nematodes

411-424

13,14

 

4/21/05

Nematodes

431-449

14

15

4/26/05

Filaroids

461-475

15

 

4/28/05

Filaroids, Dracunculus

477-483

16

16

5/3/05

Acanthocephala, misc. groups

493-509, 559-565

17

 

5/5/05

Concluding remarks; Final lab practical3

 

18

1 Textbook: “Foundations of Parasitology,” L. S. Roberts and John Janovy, 2005. 7th Edition, Publisher = McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc..  Outlines for the laboratory exercises will be provided as needed.

2 No lab on the day of the midterm.

3 Lab practical 1 = through Ciliophora; Lab practical 2 = Apicomplexa through Trematodes; The final lab practical = Schistosomes through Acanthocephala.

4 Lec. # refers to the filename of the lecture on the computer, either in the comp. lab or on CD.

NOTE: ALL LECTURE DATES ARE TENTATIVE

Final is Wednesday, May 11th at 2:00 pm