Thursday 10th May 2007
12.30 Lunch Speaker Venue
1.30pm Introduction to the diversity of life Malcolm Bennett Leahurst House
1.45pm Diversity of bacteria Nicola Williams
2.15pm Diversity of viruses Nicola Williams
2.45pm Lab practical I (isolation of bacteria) Nicola Williams Lab G18
3.15pm Coffee
3.45pm Tutorial on DNA/RNA and lab practical II (DNA extraction and PCR) Karen Coyne TBA
4.30pm Brief introduction to diagnostic bacteriology Paul Wigley/Karen Coyne
Evening- Course dinner at 7.30pm TBA
Friday 11th May 2007
9.00am Lab practical III (preliminary identification of bacterial isolates and gel electrophoresis) Nicola Williams Lab G18
10.00am Microbes and Immunity Paul Wigley Leahurst House
10.30am Microbes and Disease Tony Hart
11.00am Coffee
11.30am Is disease good? Malcolm Bennett
11.50am Horizontal transfer of DNA in bacteria Nicola Williams
12.20pm Introduction to molecular biology typing techniques Howard Leatherbarrow
12.50pm Course finishes, lunch at a local pub?