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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2016/2017

Storage materials secondary metabolites. Microbs and Medium of Instruction:
metals. English
Assessment Methods: Soft Skills:
Continuous Assessment: 40% CS3, CT3, TS3, LL2
Final Examination: 60%
Main References:
th
Medium of Instruction: 1. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 8 ed. Abul K.
English Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman (2014).
2. Kuby Immunology. Owen J, Punt J, Stranford S.
Soft Skills: (2013)
CS3, CT3, TS2, LL1 3. Janeway’s Immunobiology. Murphy K (2011).
Main References:
1. White, D., Drummond, J., & Fuqua, C. (2011) The SIR 3001 RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY
Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotes, 4th ed.,
Oxford University Press, USA Introduction to the concepts and principles of research in
2. Madigan, M. & Martinko, J. (2014) Brock Biology of Microbiology, lab safety and risk assessment, application
Microorganisms, 14th ed., Pearson. of statistics and various laboratory techniques in
3. Snyder, L., Peter, J.E., Henkin, T.M., & Champness, microbiology, preparation of report and abstract, oral
W. (2014) Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 4th ed., presentation, thesis writing.
ASM Press
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100%
SIR 2009 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
Medium of Instruction:
Microorganism and ecological theory, microbial population English
and community dynamics, microorganisms in elemental
cycles, microorganisms in natural environments; growth, Soft Skills:
interaction and adaptation. Molecular microbial ecology. CS3, CT3, TS1, YS2, LL1, EM2, LS2
Assessment Methods: Main References:
Continuous Assessment: 40% 1. Biological Risk Assessment form, IBBC (2015) UM.
Final Examination: 60% 2. UM Policy and Procedure on Laboratory Biosafety
and Biosecurity (2015).
Medium of Instruction: 3. Buku Panduan Keselamatan Makmal UM (2014).
English
Soft Skills: SIR 3002 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN MICROBIOLOGY
CS3, CT3, TS2, LL1
This course aims to provide a better fit between our
Main References: graduating students and the needs of industry. Industrial
1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th ed): Ed. training placement is organized not only to provide
Madigan, Martinko & Parker, Publisher Prentice Hall. students with the necessary experience and exposure
(2014) related to their field of specialization but also to offer
2. Processes in Microbial Ecology. Kirchman DL. (2012) potential employers an opportunity to evaluate and train
3. Microbial ecology. Barton LL & Northup DE. (2011) future employees.

Assessment Methods:
SIR 2010 IMMUNOLOGY Continuous Assessment: 100%
The course gives an understanding on the importance of Medium of Instruction:
the immune system in ensuring immunity. The introduction English
is a discussion on the cells involved in the innate and
adaptive systems. An in depth explanation on the clonal Soft Skills:
selection theory, rearrangement process of the receptors, CS4, CT3, TS3, EM3
T cell thymic education, B cell selection and production of
antibodies/immunoglobulins will be given. The role of the Main References:
major histocompatibilty complex in processing and 1. Respective Industrial Training supervisors
presentation of antigens; activation and signal
transduction of T and B cells and importance of cytokines
regulation in immune resposes will be discussed. SIR 3004 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN
Important immune and effector mechanisms in MICROBIOLOGY
inflammation, phagositosis and complement would be
given the main focus. The last section of the course would Introduction to the concepts and principles of
give an overview of how each component signals the communication, application of communication techniques
downstream components in a cascade to generate an in Microbiology, preparation of reports and abstracts,
immune response with the cytokines as regulators, and learning techniques of writing.
helper T cells in their central function with the complement
system as the main effector component. Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100%
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% Medium of Instruction:
Final Examination: 60% English

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