| Course Schedule | ||
| Date | Topic | Lecturer |
| 10/25 | Microbial genomics: How, what, why, where, and when | Collmer |
| 10/27 | Tools and Resources: Sequenced-based methods for predicting the function of an unknown protein | Schneider |
| 11/1 | Tools and Resources: Global analyses of gene expression and function - "omics" | Collmer |
| 11/3 | Xylella and Xanthomonas | Collmer |
| 11/8 | Horizontal gene transfer | Winans |
| 11/10 | E. coli 0157:H7 and Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica | Collmer |
| 11/15 | Yersinia | Winans |
| 11/17 | Ralstonia solanacearum | Collmer |
| 11/22 | Rhizobiaceae | Winans |
| 11/24 | Pseudomonas syringae and P. aeruginosa | Collmer |
| 11/29 | Genome analysis reports and discussion | Collmer and Winans |
| 12/1 | Review and discussion of major lessons | Collmer and Winans |