Course description
This course will provide participants with a theoretical understanding of bacterial biofilms and of the health care problems related to infections involving biofilms, including antimicrobial resistance. It will cover clinical, infectious and microbiological aspects of biofilm-related infections (device-related and tissue infections).
The course will also describe research methodology to study biofilms, including laboratory demonstrations of basic and advanced microbiological techniques: biofilm culturing methods (static and flow), viable colony counting (CFU), species identification (biochemical and 16S rRNA), strain typing (MLST, cgMLST), susceptibility testing (disk diffusion, MIC and MBEC), biofilm morphology (confocal microscopy and crystal violet), gene detection (antimicrobial resistant- and biofilm-related genes) and gene expression (qPCR/ddPCR). Participants will gain hands-on experience in data analysis of the mentioned techniques.
Requirements and Selection
Entry requirements
Registered as a PhD student.
Selection
Selection is performed according to the following:
- PhD students at Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another university within a formal collaborative agreement on doctoral education with Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another faculty at the University of Gothenburg or another university in Sweden,
- PhD students enrolled at a university outside Sweden.
Other information
Course coordinators: Margarita Trobos, margarita.trobos@biomaterials.gu.se and Erika Lindberg, erika.lindberg@microbio.gu.se
Course administrator: Rose Marie Tschina, rosemarie.tschina@gu.se
Course dates: 24 March - 4 April 2025
Number of course places: 7-15
Note: It is a full-time course that will be taught on campus in Gothenburg.
Course syllabus
SK00032
Department
Institute of Clinical Sciences
Subject
Health Sciences
Type of course
Subject area course
Keywords
Bakteriella biofilmer, Bacterial biofilms , infection