Curriculum Framework

Program: SEMINARS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Description: Aims to guide graduate students in the reading, interpretation and presentation of general topics in Microbiology, in areas of study that do not coincide with the subject of their thesis or dissertation.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Program Coordinator

Program: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Description: Themes of interest to the students not included in other courses, including evaluation of professional practice, presentations such as seminars, also involving research activities. The department will define the program each semester, which will be delivered by, or with the participation of, visiting professors.

Number of hours: 15 to 60
Credits: 1 to 4
Advisor: TBA

Program: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY: BASIC TECHNIQUES IN VIROLOGY (MIC835 A)

Description: This course offers instruction in techniques of basic and molecular biology. The students are responsible, based on viral models presented by the professor, to design and develop protocols for the following techniques: cellular cultivation (continuous line and primary cultivation); viral infection and observation and characterization of the cytopathic effect (plaque phenotype, in vitro cell infection and fertilized eggs); virus titration; serological assays (seroneutralization); extraction of virus nucleic acids, amplification of genes by conventional PCR followed by electrophoresis and qPCR. The protocols will be discussed and performed in the group. At the end of the course, the groups will design a presentation of the work developed during the week , aiming at the presentation of results, errors and successes, challenges and knowledge acquired.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Giliane de Souza Trindade

Program: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY: VIRUSES WITH IMPORTANCE TO HUMAN HEALTH

Description: The study of the main families of viruses involved in infectious processes in humans. Aspects related to specific viruses will be approached, their multiplication in cells and dissemination in hosts. Epidemiology and methods of control will also be discussed.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Erna Geessien Kroon

Program: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS: BASES FOR TAXONOMY

Description: Detailed study of identification techniques and ecology of fungi and viruses.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Luiz Henrique Rosa e Flavio Guimarães da Fonseca

Program: SPECIAL TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY - BASIC VIROLOGY

Description: Deeper study of the viral genomic structure and diversity, exploring details of viral transcription, translation and morphogenesis. Study of some viral families as a model for understanding the stages of the multiplication cycle and methods of study and diagnosis.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Jônatas Santos Abrão

Program: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS

Description: Provide a general overview of fundamental concepts and techniques of Molecular Biology, as well as show possible applications to recombinant DNA technology.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Profa. Viviane Alves Gouveia

Program: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Description: Introduction to the study of environmental microbiology; effects of the environmental determinants and their importance in microbiology of the air, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including extreme environments; ecological relationships between microorganisms and those of plants and animals; methods used in the collection and cultivation of microorganisms; measurements of biomass and molecular strategies for evaluating the density, diversity and phylogenic and anthropic impacts on biodiversity; microbiology of water, soil and air and the microbiological indicators of pollution in these habitats; microbiological aspects of biodegradation, including transformations of organic and inorganic pollutants; bioremediation of contaminated soils and microbiological treatment processes of industrial and domestic effluents and solid residues; and, microbial inoculants.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Vera Lúcia dos Santos

Program: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

Description: Study of the: 1) composition of the digestive ecosystem as a function of the animal species, anatomic location and age of the host; 2) functions and influences of microbiota on the biology of the host in health and in sickness; 3) specific methods used in digestive microbial ecology; 4) modulation of microbiota.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Prof. Jacques Robert Nicoli

Program: YEAST BIOLOGY

Description: To provide basic knowledge of the taxonomy and physiology of yeasts, aimed at the identification and industrial applicability of these microorganisms.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Prof. Carlos Augusto Rosa

Program: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Description: Fungi kingdom: host-parasite interaction. Mycoses of interest in medicine and human and veterinary medicine: etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical diagnosis and treatment of superficial, subcutaneous, systemic and opportunistic fungal infections.

Number of hours: 45
Credits: 03
Advisor: Maria Aparecida de Resende Stoianoff

Program: BIOSAFETY AND BIOETHICS

Description: To provide the necessary knowledge for the development of laboratory protocols for the safe and ethical use of organisms and chemical and radiological compounds in microbiological experimentation. To ascertain that the procedures used in the experimental laboratory are appropriate under workplace and environmental legislation in order to guarantee that such procedures minimize the hazards, and that the residues generated by them pose no risks, to the environment.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Prof. Viviane Alves Gouveia

Program: DIDACTIC TRAINING IN MICROBIOLOGY I

Description: Student participation in theoretical and practical aspects of Microbiology, aiming at the acquisition of experience for the performance of didactic activities.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca

Program: DIDACTIC TRAINING IN MICROBIOLOGY II

Description: Participation of doctoral students in theoretical and practical aspects of Microbiology, aimed at the acquisition of experience for the performance of didactic activities.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Profa. Simone Gonçalves dos Santos

Program: INNATE IMMUNITY TO MICROBIAL INFECTIONS

The mechanism of early recognition in vertebrate hosts of microbial infections and how they respond with innate immunity in order to restrict the infection to its primary site (inflammatory response), and prevent its spread throughout the organism (anti-microbial response). The role of pro-inflammatory and anti-microbial cytokines will be emphasized, as well as the mechanisms associated with mounting the innate response. Immune avoidance mechanisms of the microbes, such as associated auto-immunity, will also be addressed.

Number of hours: 60
Credits: 04
Advisor: Prof. Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim

Program: ANTIMICROBIALS

Description: Mechanisms of action of antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral drugs; resistance mechanisms of different organisms to antimicrobials; methods for the in vitro detection of resistance and correlations with clinical evolution; pharmacokinetic and pharacodynamic principles of antimicrobial therapy.

Number of hours: 30
Credits: 02
Advisor: Prof. Daniel de Assis Santos