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[**OEB 290 / MICRO 210: Microbial Sciences: Chemistry, Ecology and Evolution** ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/161621)

This is an interdisciplinary graduate-level and advanced undergraduate-level course in which students explore topics in molecular microbiology, microbial diversity, and microbial-mediated geochemistry in depth. This course will be taught by faculty from the Microbial Sciences Initiative. Topics include the origins of life, biogeochemical cycles, microbial diversity, and ecology.

**Prerequisites:** For advanced undergraduates, Life Sciences 1a and 1b are required, or permission of instructor. MCB 52 is recommended.

**Professor:** Peter Girguis

**Semester:** Spring

**Days:** F

**Time:** 9:45-11:45 am



 

 

 

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