Spring 2027

Tiny Earth Genomics - Researching Uncultured Antibiotic-producing Microbes

Tiny Earth Genomics research course exploring antibiotic biosynthesis by uncultured bacteria via metagenomic data analysis.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Navigate genomic databases to find required information and data

  • Interpret results using available bioinformatic tools

  • Formulate a research question and testable hypothesis

  • Refute or support a hypothesis using evidence

  • Interpret data and draw conclusions

  • Communicate research design and results in written and oral forms

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Prerequisites

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ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 151,MICROBIO 101, 303, or BIOCORE 381

PHMSCI 254

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Antibiotic and small molecule biosynthesis
  • Metagenomics and DNA sequencing
  • Bioinformatics and genomics
  • Microbial species and pathway discovery

Skills

  • Navigating genomic databases
  • Interpreting results with bioinformatic tools
  • Formulating research questions and hypotheses
  • Testing hypotheses with evidence
  • Interpreting data and drawing conclusions
  • Communicating research in written and oral forms

Grades

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PHMSCI 254 · Spring 2027

Tiny Earth Genomics - Researching Uncultured Antibiotic-Producing Microbes

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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