Date

Chapter

Title of the presentation

Presenter’s Name

Sep. 19

Ch. 6

Viruses

1. What we know about Zika virus?

1. Isabella Echeverria ieche017@fiu.edu

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Ch. 7

Microbial Nutrition and Growth

1. Microbes from extreme environments, where do we find them?

1. Christiana Granberry cgran075@fiu.edu

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Ch. 8

Microbial Metabolism

1. Use of food fermentation around the World

1. Sophonie Rosier srosi012@fiu.edu

Oct.  3

Ch. 9 Microbial Genetics

1. Antibiotic resistance – where does it come from?

1. Kerri Callanan kcall029@fiu.edu

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Ch. 10 Genetic Engineering

1.  What are the moral issues regarding applications of genetic engineering discoveries?

1. Claudia Alvarez Romero calva220@fiu.edu

2. What is genetically engineered food that we eat?

2. Alexandra Alvarez aalva408@fiu.edu

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Ch. 11

Control of Microbes

1. Pathogenic microbes – how long they survive in non-host environments?

1. Alexandra Mendez amend216@fiu.edu

2. Antibacterial compounds in household products

2. Amanda Caballero acaba064@fiu.edu

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Ch. 12

Drugs and Microbes

1. What are the alternatives to antibiotics?

1. Vanessa Louis vloui012@fiu.edu

2. Problems associated with antibiotics

2. Kelly Salas ksala035@fiu.edu

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Ch. 13

Microbe-Human Interactions

1. Gut microbes – why do we need them?

1. Ebony Joseph ejose071@fiu.edu

2. What is botulism?

2. Vanessa Segarra vsega002@fiu.edu

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Ch. 14 

Non-specific Defense

1. Chiropractic adjustments and immunity

Guest speaker

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Ch. 15

Specific Immunity

1. Controversies with vaccines

1. Dominique De Paz ddepa017@fiu.edu

2. Fever caused by infectious diseases – good or bad?

2. Nicole Herrera nherr023@fiu.edu

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Ch. 16

Disorders in Immunity

1. AIDS epidemic worldwide

1. Melany Velasquez melany.velasquez@hotmail.com

2. Can exposure to microbes prevent allergies

2. Carolina Docampo cdoca002@fiu.edu

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Ch. 17 

Diagnosing Infections

1. Can bacteria and viruses kill tumor cells?

1. Jacqueline Chavarria jchav092@fiu.edu

2. Skin manifestations of various infectious diseases

2. Kimberly Mejia kmeji024@fiu.edu

Nov.  7

Ch. 18

Skin and Eyes

1. Flash-eating bacteria in Florida

1. Hidysbeth Martinez hmart082@fiu.edu

2. The Return of Measles

2. Jose Rueda

jrued016@fiu.edu

3. Blindness causing microbes  - a worldwide disease

3. Jillian Acosta jbacosta22@gmail.com

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Ch. 19

Nervous System

1. Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Liberty Dixon ldixo022@fiu.edu

2. Rabies in the USA

2. Miguel Noy mnoy001@fiu.edu

3. Leprosy in India

3. Ashley Rivera arive301@fiu.edu

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Ch. 20

Cardiovascular

1. Septicemia in US hospitals

1. Emily Perez epere393@fiu.edu

2. Bubonic plague throughout the history

2. Meaghan Caro mcaro015@fiu.edu

3. Malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases

3. Woodlaine Jean-Louis wjean053@fiu.edu

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Ch. 21

Respiratory

1. Flu epidemics throughout the World

1. Rhonda Yousef ryous005@fiu.edu

2. Tuberculosis- One of the world's deadliest disease

2. Manuel Collantes mcoll104@fiu.edu

3. Whooping Cough and It’s Return to the US

3. Anabelle Alvarez aalva453@fiu.edu

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Ch. 22 Gastrointestinal

1. Cholera in Haiti

1. Marc-Rodrigu Jeannot mjean199@fiu.edu

2. Dealing with tooth caries – a historical perspective

2. Caitlin Kelliher ckell088@fiu.edu

3. Helicobacter pylori- common bacteria in the United States

3. China Opland copla001@fiu.edu

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Ch.23

Genitourinary

1. Syphilis in Miami-Dade county

1. Alexis Menendez amene105@fiu.edu

2. Human Papilloma virus in South America

2. Priscilla Deratus pdera002@fiu.edu

3. Trichomonas vaginalis in the U.S.

3. Priscilla Matos pmato007@fiu.edu

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Ch. 24 Environmental

Ch. 25

Applied Microbiology

1. Toxic algae in Florida

1. Claudia Mascina cmasc007@fiu.edu

2. Does globalization accelerate the spread of deadly diseases?

2. Gabriella Chaparro gchap010@fiu.edu

3. Safe food handling

3. Danielle Acebal daceb003@fiu.edu

4. Drinking water – purification systems

4. Samantha Forte sfort023@fiu.edu