Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance

Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance is organized by FutureLearn. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 9 CPD Credits.

Duration: 3 Weeks

What topics will you cover?
• Diseases caused by bacteria
• What bacterial genomes look like
• Genome sequencing technology 
• Mechanisms of transmission and resistance 
• Genomic epidemiology – tracking the spread of bacterial pathogens 
• Antimicrobial resistance

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
• Explain why some bacteria are pathogenic
• Explore the structure of bacterial genomes
• Describe the uses of different genome sequencing technologies
• Investigate how genome data are used to track the spread of bacterial disease
• Discuss the role of genome sequencing in stopping the spread of antimicrobial resistance