SYLLABUS: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY BIO 413/513 SPRING 2020
Dr. Tom Volk, 3024 Cowley Hall 785-6972 tvolk@uwlax.edu TomVolkFungi.net
Lecture meets 301 CH MW 8:50-9:45, Labs 308 CH 8:50-10:50 F or 11-1 F.
Lab Assistants:, 345 CH Dylan Baldasssari, Annie Schauster
Week Date
1
27 Jan M
29 Jan W
31 Jan F
2
3 Feb M
5 Feb W
7 Feb F
3
10 Feb. M
12 Feb W
14 Feb F
4
17 Feb M
19 Feb W
21 Feb F
5
24 Feb M
26 Feb W
28 Feb F
6
2 Mar M
4 Mar W
6 Mar F
7
9 Mar. M
Lecture Topics
Introduction
Intro + Classification systems
LAB 1
Fungal Life Cycles
deuteromycetes
LAB 2
deuteromycetes
Antifungal therapy
LAB 3
EXAM I General Mycology
Superficial Mycoses
LAB 4
Dermatophytes
Dermatophytes
LAB 5
Chromoblastomycosis & Mycetoma
Phaeohyphomycosis, Sporotrichosis
LAB 6
Pseudallescheriasis
8
11 Mar. W Mushroom Poisoning
13 Mar. F LAB 7
14 Mar Sat- 22 Mar Sun
Mycotoxicosis
23 Mar M
9
25 Mar W Mycotoxicosis
27 Mar F LAB 8
30 Mar M EXAM II
Reading
Lab Activities
Chapter 1 + Handouts
Chapter 1 + Handouts
General Mycology
Chapter 1 + Handouts
Ch. 1-3 B&R
General Mycology
Ch 4, 5
Common Fungal Contaminants
Ch. 8, 9, 10
Ch. 6
Common Fungal Contaminants
Ch. 6
Ch. 6
Superficial Mycoses and Dermatophytes
Ch. 14, Ch. 21
Ch. 26, Ch. 23
Dermatophytes
Ch. 24
Volk & Rippon paper
LAB EXAM I + inoculations
******** SPRING BREAK ********
SubQ infections, mycetismus, mycotoxins
1 Apr W Yeast intro + Candidiasis
LAB 9
3 Apr F
10
11
Pathogenic yeasts
6 April M
Candidiasis
Ch. 13
8 April W
10 April F
Cryptococcosis & Other yeast inf
Ch. 16
LAB 10
13 April M More Yeast infections
15 April W Histoplasmosis
Pathogenic yeasts (unknown)
Ch. 13, other
17 April F
12
LAB 11
20 April M Blastomycosis
22 April W Coccidioidomycosis
Fungi of deep mycoses
Ch. 18
Ch. 12
24 April F
13
LAB 12
27 April M Paracoccidioidomycosis
29 April W Opportunistic infections
1 May F
14
4 May M
6 May W
8 May F
15 May W
10-12
LAB 13
Opportunistic infections
Fungi of deep mycoses
Ch. 15, Ch. 22
Ch. 27
Fungi of deep mycoses
Ch. 27
Review
LAB 14 LAB EXAM
Final Exam (Exam III):
LAB EXAM II & Clean up, cultures and
boxes due
Everything
Partially comprehensive
All topics, exams, and schedules subject to change.
Text: Unfortunately, there is no good medical mycology textbook available. There are a few copies in lab of KwonChung, K.J. & John E. Bennett, (K-C&B) 1992. Medical Mycology. Philadelphia & London: Lea & Febiger.
Lab: Beneke, Everett S & Alvin L. Rogers. (B&R) 1996. Medical Mycology and Human Mycoses. Belmont CA: Star
Publishing (available textbook rental—please bring to every lab) -- also Dr. Allen Nelson’s lab manual (modified by
T.Volk) handed out in class. All readings are in K-C&B unless otherwise indicated.
Grading:
Lecture Exams
Exam I
Exam II
Exam III
2 @ 120
Lab Exams
Slide Collection
Quizzes, internet assignments, etc.
Unknowns 20 pts each—three filamentous and 1 yeast
Total
70 pts.
130 pts.
130 pts.
240 pts.
20 pts.
~50 pts.
80 pts
_______
~720 pts.
Exam dates (and everything else) are subject to change. If you miss a lecture exam, the only way to make it up will be as
an oral exam. There will be no make-up exams for missed lab exams—it is impossible to reconstruct a lab exam or leave
it up for more than the time allotted. All exams are partially comprehensive.
Grades will be assigned on a standard scale: 91-100=A, 81-90=B, 71-80=C, 61-70=D, <61=F. Abs and BCs fit in
between.
We will be using a Canvas site to post grades and turn in some assignments. You should use your UWL email address
for all communications, or change it in the Canvas system
Access for All Students:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, or hearing, etc.) who needs to
arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the instructor and the Disability Resource Services Office (165 Murphy
Library) at the beginning of the semester. I am happy to make reasonable accommodations for students with special needs
in both lecture and lab. You can find out more about services available at The ACCESS Center
website: http://www.uwlax.edu/access-center.
UWL’s obligations to students: https://www.uwlax.edu/info/syllabus/
First Internet Assignment: (10 pts. Due 11:59 PM Mon. Feb. 10) Please visit Tom Volk's Fungi web page at
http://TomVolkFungi.net. Look around and see what you can find! There are many pictures and descriptions of the fungi
we'll be talking about in lecture. For your assignment, determine two "Fungus of the Month" pages for YOUR birthday
month. One of them should be your actual birth year, if possible. In all cases you will have 12 or 13 choices for that
month, since I started the Fungus of the Month in January of 1997. Then after reading about two fungi of the month for
your birthday month, go to the Dropbox on D2L
The body of what you put in the Dropbox should be: 1. Your name 2. Month of your birthday 3. Fungus of the month for
your birthday month (pick one) 4. What is the food source for the fungus? Is the fungus a saprophyte, parasite, or
mutualist? 5. To which phylum does that fungus belong? 6. Write a few sentences in your own words about why that
fungus is interesting. Repeat #3-6 for the second fungus. Please number your answers.