The first couple of weeks of micro lab may feel overwhelming with so many new techniques and lots of information. Dr. B puts it in the context of "real life" especially as related to clinical lab and health care.

Cool clip of the inside of a cell https://youtu.be/wJyUtbn0O5Y?si=It07OzeTMnrcMFhz

Flagella, pili, and fimbriae https://youtu.be/VzqC7nag6KM?si=1aoHq31RLff2ChcO

This is a cool video about modern day endosymbionts with some amazing live microscopy of amoebas https://youtu.be/4LhBZ2H5SwM?si=bCIHPjzext8UIGje

Ch.3 of Openstax: https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/3-introduction

Cool interactive for cells https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell20/

Intro to plasmids (they can be used as tools of genetic engineering) https://youtu.be/SdqJFA6mOkI?si=ro8jXgtgtNVPfbXg

Endospores in the food industry: https://youtu.be/L9uAf9Bsmvg?si=5vTKw6Pfv-5j9J50

Openstax book chapter 7: https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/7-introduction

How gamers can help figuring out the 3-d structure of a protein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axN0xdhznhY&list=PLCB386EB2B4D1097A&index=13

Opnestax appendix about chemistry: https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/a-fundamentals-of-physics-and-chemistry-important-to-microbiology

NaCl bonding song: https://youtu.be/ljvX-RMv_lw?si=yoV6RwhIjlWI3aBn

TEAS test prep chemistry video: https://youtu.be/j9rLiSLIsh4?si=4Gl9FmiVBAywprGo

Same TEAS series but with chemistry questions: https://youtu.be/B3_nogbF8ZM?si=j4qsi_O5Ap5dSWND

Chapter 2 of Openstax book: https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/2-introduction

Cell size and scale https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/

Virtual microscope https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/microscope

Intro to electromagnetic spectra https://youtu.be/lwfJPc-rSXw?si=tyklygzUV3cDsTFI

Preparing smears https://youtu.be/OrSmJst_lPM?si=iqurYByQ70SSuEx9

Tiny Earth website: https://tinyearth.wisc.edu/

Intro video for TE: https://youtu.be/fZtjAfEUHyo?si=gWZUqQu8IcOoaObL

Soil sampling: https://youtu.be/4KlKQT9YGL8?si=vnwzMskq73I4ous6

Screening for antibiotic production https://youtu.be/MKRRkrad6K8?si=y5G6P44IWiOwU_jt

More such videos at TE Instructional

In 2017, NU students got a honorary mention for this video: https://youtu.be/HIxA356o-jU?si=EoV5fiaP7yHt4U0t (it was called Small World Initiative then)

Taxonomy 101, microbial groups.

Openstax chapter 1 https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/1-3-types-of-microorganisms

Intro to microbiology: brief history and types of microbiology.

Openstax chapter 1: https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/1-introduction

Like cheese? Here is a cool video about how microbes contribute to cheese (in a good and bad way): https://youtu.be/9krRP2aSewo?si=hzBer-ilH2EpzRAM

History of microscope: https://youtu.be/TJyOQmdwHhE?si=ZDiWeASukVUJQBRZ

Mrs. Fleming dr. Voureka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_Fleming

How penicillin changed the world https://youtu.be/q2yd3lGN7xA?si=rn8DgQCNa95cmCzH

GATTACA official trailer: https://youtu.be/NIIZ2P-fiyI?si=0C0QPfEV7rIodTZt

Summary videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bLEDd-PSTQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikq9AcBcohA

Kirky Stanford video: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb90484996 (best quality video)

and a story of its making: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/protein-synthesis-an-epic-on-the-cellular-level/