Spring 2027

Microbial and Cellular Metabolomics

In-depth exploration of mass spectrometry-based metabolomic approaches for quantitative investigation of microbial and mammalian cellular metabolic processes.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the instrumentation and analytical approaches commonly used in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, lipidomics, and metabolic flux analysis studies.

  • Explain how isotope tracers are used to measure metabolic flux, elucidate metabolic network structure, and investigate pathway thermodynamics.

  • Critically evaluate primary scientific literature that utilizes metabolomics, lipidomics, or isotope tracer studies as a key research component.

  • Argue how fundamental concepts in cellular metabolism relate to real-world problems in areas such as microbiology, biotechnology, and human health.

  • Analyze and interpret published or unpublished metabolomics and lipidomics data to generate biological insights on microbial and/or cellular metabolism.

  • Analyze and interpret published or unpublished data from isotope-tracer studies to make inferences on pathway activity and metabolic network structure in microbial and/or mammalian cellular systems.

  • Formulate experimental designs that incorporate metabolomics and isotope tracers to test specific hypothesis related to cellular metabolism.

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Prerequisites

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(BIOLOGY/​ZOOLOGY 101,BOTANY/​BIOLOGY/​ZOOLOGY 151,BIOCORE 383, or BOTANY/​BIOLOGY 130), (CHEM 341 or 343), and (BIOCHEM 301, 501, or 507), or graduate/professional standing

MICROBIO 626

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Metabolomics, lipidomics, and metabolic flux analysis applications.
  • Rational engineering of metabolic pathways and microbial biofuel production.
  • Microbial community interactions, gut microbiome capabilities, and mammalian cell metabolism.

Skills

  • Describe mass spectrometry instrumentation and analytical approaches for metabolomics and lipidomics.
  • Explain the use of isotope tracers to measure metabolic flux and elucidate network structure.
  • Analyze and interpret metabolomics and lipidomics data to generate biological insights.
  • Formulate experimental designs incorporating metabolomics and isotope tracers.

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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