Engaging Lectures and even though the material was tough, was willing to explain common patterns emerging in the most complex molecular systems, making the content easier to understand and learn!

He's a very kind and friendly professor, and explains things well. However, his exams require significantly more depths than the exams in the first half of the class, and it can be hard to keep track of all of the small details that might be required.

I found his lectures easier to understand than the first half of the class, but his grading on exams was VERY strict. You need all the little details from lecture to get points, and the partial credit is minimal. Do the practice exams, they helped alot.

Professor wassarman teaches the second half of 467. Even though the second half is much harder material, he grades totally different than professor Payseur and is substantially harder. It seems as though no answer is good enough for him and he always finds ways to take off points.

Professor Wassarman taught the molecular genetics part of the class which was definitely harder than transmission genetics. The material is more complex and takes more effort to learn, but he is clear about what information is the most important even though he presents lots. Accessible outside of class if you have questions.

Very kind and clearly knowledgeable but a bit out of touch with his exams and expectations. He repeatedly states that you need to know concepts most, but tests on very specific details of molecular processes that make it hard to study because you need to pay attention to EVERYTHING for those details. Not unfair, nor a bad prof, but expect to work.