MIMG 158Microbial Genomics
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Evolution, biodiversity, and sequencing of genomes; bacterial and viral genomes; bioenergetics; gene knockouts; genomics of antibiotic resistance; proteomics. Guest lecturers from department and related departments who discuss key papers with focus on their areas of expertise.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Summer 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: Chemistry 153A.
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MIMG 158
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
1 direct requisite. Showing 5 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.