项目式“微生物学实验”教学模式的构建与实践

微生物学实验是生物类各专业的一门重要的专业基础课程,微生物学实验技术是学生认识微生物、改造微生物和利用微生物的重要方法。课程组结合优质教学资源,以及先进仪器设备和网络技术的助力加持,构建了项目式"微生物学实验"教学模式。通过项目实验的科学设计、实施和评价,对实验教学进行了一系列的改革实践与探索,提高了实验教学效果和效率,使学生对微生物学研究有了更系统的认识,对培养学生的综合实践能力和科学研究思维起到了积极有效的促进作用。     

改革微生物学实验教学,激发学生创新潜力

培养创新型人才是"双一流"的重要建设任务,微生物学实验作为生物学科的重要基础课程,对学生实践能力和综合素质的提高,培养学生的创新意识和科研精神起着至关重要的作用。通过理清微生物学实验项目间内在联系,优化实验方案,构建细菌分离鉴定综合实验,改革微生物学实验教学体系;同时,引入新媒体教学,改革考评方式,以注重培养学生的学习兴趣、自主学习能力、创新思维和综合能力。     

本科微生物学实验教学改革初探

微生物学是一门实验性很强的学科,加强实验教学改革对于培养学生的综合素质和创新精神具有重要意义。从实验内容选取,微生物实验教学方法和教学手段改革等三个方面,提出了实验教学改革的一些设想,目的在于提高实验教学质量,培养创新型人才。     

基于显微数码互动系统的微生物形态实验教学改革与实践

微生物形态实验是微生物学实验的重要组成部分,为生物类专业学生了解微观世界的窗口.结合微生物形态实验教学的实际情况,将显微数码互动系统引入到微生物形态实验教学,实践证明改革不仅有效提升了实验教学质量,培养了学生的实践动手能力和创新能力,同时还有助于建立更为完善的实验考核方法.     

微生物学教学中探究型实验教学改革

微生物学是以实验为支撑的学科,实验对学生综合素质的培养具有举足轻重的作用。以"解钾微生物的分离纯化、鉴定及优化培养控制研究"为例,结合微生物学实验教学内容的特点,围绕培养学生探究创新能力,积极探索微生物学实验教学模式。     

口腔微生物学实验教学体系初探

目的实验教学在培养复合型和创新型人才中具有不可替代的重要作用,为了提高口腔医学教育质量,培养适应新世纪要求的高素质创新型的医学人才,增设口腔微生物学实验课。方法根据口腔医学特色设计实验,培养学生的基础、专业、综合、创新能力。教学内容包括：牙菌斑的采集和处理、致龋菌的分离和培养、致龋菌的鉴定。教学方式采用学生两两配对模式。分析2011年度教学的实验结果。结果实验课程有利于培养学生专业能力和科研能力,加深对疾病发生机制的理解;35．7％的学生具有较好的综合能力和创新能力,30．4％的学生表现出专业能力不足,33．9％学生需要提高基础和专业能力。结论口腔微生物学实验教学体系对完善教学、促进改革具有重要意义。     

微生物学创新实验教学体系的构建与实践

培养学生的创新能力与实践能力是现代大学教育的共同教育理念。根据多年来微生物学实验教学的改革与实践,对实验内容进行了精心的调整、完善和更新,按"基本技能训练、综合能力培养、研究素质及创新意识培育"的基本宗旨,构建了从"综合实验—探究性自选实验—项目申报"的微生物创新实验教学体系,使实验教学遵循基础性、综合性、研究性、开放性的基本原则,有效提高学生的微生物学实验技能。     

基于岗位需求的“食品微生物学”综合性实验项目设计与教学效果分析

"食品微生物学"是高等院校食品科学与工程、食品质量与安全及其相关专业的一门必修专业基础课,该课程实验技术是食品类专业学生必须掌握的基本技能,而传统的实验教学存在着与就业岗位需求脱节、学生参与度低等诸多问题,难以培养学生独立完成岗位工作的能力。为了培养学生的综合实践能力,适应就业岗位需求,保证该课程的实践教学质量,课题组通过调研30余家就业单位微生物岗位实际,将课程原有实验教学内容整合为两大综合性实验项目,涵盖了食品微生物学全部基本实验技能。实践表明,两大综合性实验项目的开展可有效提高食品微生物学实验教学效果,使学生全面获得食品微生物学的基本实验技能,有助于提高学生的综合能力,实现学生与就业岗位的无缝对接。     

微生物学虚拟仿真实验教学平台的建设与应用

从微生物学实验教学的实际应用出发,以“土壤枯草芽孢杆菌的分离与鉴定”为主题,建立了微生物学实验课程的虚拟仿真实验教学平台。文中介绍了该平台的建设方法、功能及其实践应用。该平台充分发挥了现代信息技术的作用,与实体课堂教学进行有机结合,能有效提升教学效果、增强学生的学习兴趣和学习能力,为推进微生物学实验教学改革创新和高层次人才培养奠定了基础。     

综合实验“产纤维素酶的嗜盐放线菌筛选”的教学改革与实践

微生物学实验技术是现代生物技术的重要组成部分。以综合性实验"产纤维素酶的嗜盐放线菌筛选"的教学改革与实践为例,提高南疆少数民族生物技术专业学生的综合素质。在喀什大学现有生物实验教学条件下,通过开展"产纤维素酶的嗜盐放线菌筛选"的综合性实验,进行微生物学实验课教学模式改革。在"土壤微生物分离"验证性实验的基础上,增加"嗜盐放线菌筛选和产纤维素特性"的实验教学内容;运用多媒体课件、增加实验理论课和全程采用"启发式"教学的实验教学方法。问卷调查显示,学生在学习兴趣、学习主动性、实验技能、小组合作、探究精神和实验设计方面都有了明显进步;学生对实验教学改革的评价良好。实践证明,改革效果良好,对培养具备适应南疆社会发展的实践能力的复合型高级专门人才有积极显著的作用。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.