Transcript Microbiology The Big Picturex

Microbiology
The Big Picture
Prehistory
Society
Industrial
Modern
Post-Modern
What:
Homo sapiens
Agriculture
Fossil Fuels
Machines
Computers
Digital
Communication
When:
From
To
100,00050,000
years ago
13,000-8,000
B.C.
1800-1950
A.D.
1950-2000
A.D.
2000-? A.D.
Africa
Mediterranean
Middle East
Europe
Where:
Evolution
United States
Global
Prehistory
Humans lived in small clans and
were nomadic hunter/gatherers.
Humans lived outdoors and
considered themselves a part of
nature.
Humans migrated from Africa to
Mediterranean, Asia, Europe and
then the Americas.
Society
Farming and
Domestication of
Livestock.
Social classes:
Privileged, Middle
and Poor.
Man tried to control
nature, lived indoors.
Development of
written language
(2000 B.C.), Art &
Science.
Building of houses
and communities.
Money.
War, famine, disease
& epidemics.
Industrial
Development of Fossil Fuels,
Mechanization, Gunpowder
and Preservatives.
Industrialized War, Pollution &
Pandemics
Unit 1
Mid 1600’s Invention of the Microscope
Protozoa, Microscopic Fungi, Animal Cells, Plant Cells & Cell
Division
1838 Cell Theory
1880 Bacteria & Germ Theory: Sanitation in Medicine, Water &
Sewage. Pasteurization & Vaccines.
Modern
Development of Computers,
Green Revolution,
Pharmaceuticals & Fast Food.
Germ Warfare, Allergies,
Obesity, Immune Disorders &
Cancer Treatment
Unit 2
Unit 4
Antibiotics 1930’s
Immunization 1950’s
Genetics
Endosymbiotic Theory
Antibiotic Resistance
Immunodeficiency
Autoimmune Diseases
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Celiac-Gluten
Biotechnology
GMO’s
Unit 3
Viruses
Spanish Influenza
HIV/AIDS 1980’s, HPV Cancer
Immunoglobulins
Post-Modern
The human body is still adapted for
prehistoric life. Microbes evolve much
more rapidly.
Microbes are essential to health of
individual organisms especially the
digestive, immune & nervous systems
and the environment.
Humans can use microbes to cure
food/dietary/health problems, genetic
disorders, immune disorders, reduce
emissions, clean pollution and produce
energy.
Unit 5
Epigenetics
Gene therapy
Transgenic Organisms
CRISPR
Organic Food
Gut Flora-diet & health
Prions
Fecal Transplant
Virotherapy
Environmental Microbiology
Industrial Microbiology