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# Methanogens, found living in anaerobic (without oxygen) environments, and which give off methane
 
# Methanogens, found living in anaerobic (without oxygen) environments, and which give off methane
 
# Commercial uses
 
# Commercial uses
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=== 12/10/2013 - Introduction to Bacteriophages ===
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by [[#Frank Hammer|Frank Hammer]]
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# What are bacteriophages (phages)?
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# History of the discovery of phages
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# The two major classes of phages, lytic and lysogenic
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# How phages work
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# Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain
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# How phages might be used to combat this resistance
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# History of phage therapy
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# Phage cocktails and the future of phage therapy
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# Phages in clinical trials
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=== 09/17/2013 - Introduction to Epigenetics ===
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by [[#Frank Hammer|Frank Hammer]]
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# What is epigenetics?
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# Epigenetics and epigenomics.
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# How our ancestors' experiences affect us, and how our experiences affect our offspring.
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# Some of our epigenetic tags our established in utero.
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# How a woman's diet during pregnancy has an impact on the baby's epigenetic tags.
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# The role of nutrition on epigenetics from a study done in Overkalix, located in northern Sweden
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# Epigenetics of obesity and diabetes in humans.
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# The effects of environmental toxins on our grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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# Pottenger's cat studies.
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# The role of epigenomics in cancer management.
    
== Lecturer Bios ==
 
== Lecturer Bios ==
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