BIOL 5549 — Inventions in Microbial Biotechnology

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: ThBostonTraditional

Offers readings and seminar-style discussion from the current literature on important inventions and practical applications in biotechnology, with a focus on microbiome and antibiotic discovery, emphasizing new concepts.

Prerequisites

one of:
- BIOL 3611 (min D-)
- BIOL 3611 (min D-)
- BIOL 3421 (min D-)
- BIOL 3421 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	19	40	48%	21.0
Spring 2025	1	23	40	57%	17.0
Spring 2026	1	25	40	63%	15.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 63% · F 0%

Common patterns: R (63% of sections), S (37% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Kim Lewis (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (BIOL course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BIOL courses · Plan it at numap.app