Teaching
Lectures, seminars and laboratory courses in microbiology, bacterial genetics and infection biology for Bachelor’s and Master’s students of the Institute of Biology.
Marc Erhardt teaches general microbiology, bacterial genetics and infection biology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The courses range from the introductory lecture for first-semester students to research-oriented laboratory courses and seminars at the Master’s level. In the laboratory courses, students develop their own experimental approach to a question from current research; in the seminars, they present and defend controversial topics of microbial cell biology and infection biology. Since 2022 he has been an instructor of the Advanced Bacterial Genetics course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Current modules
| Years | Module | Level | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| since 2017 | B4a Einführung in die Biologie | Bachelor | Lecture |
| since 2021 | BioB1 Molekulare Zellbiologie | Bachelor, 1st semester | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course |
| since 2022 | MB11 Biochemie und Mikrobiologie | Bachelor, 3rd semester | Lecture |
| since 2023 | MB15 Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie | Bachelor, 4th semester | Lecture and laboratory course; co-responsible for the module |
| since 2023 | MB22 Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie | Bachelor, 5th semester | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course; co-responsible for the module |
| since 2021 | QMB1 Molecular Biology | Master, 1st semester | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course; co-responsible for the module |
| since 2022 | QMB6 Molecular Microbiology | Master, 2nd semester | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course; responsible for the module |
| since 2022 | ABG Advanced Bacterial Genetics course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA | Summer course | Instructor |
Earlier modules (2012 – 2023)
| Years | Module | Level | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 – 2023 | BXY-08 Grundlagen der bakteriellen Genetik und Zellphysiologie | Bachelor, 5th semester | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course; responsible for the module |
| 2018 – 2022 | MB-A55 Advanced bacterial genetics and physiology | Master | Lecture, seminar and laboratory course; responsible for the module |
| 2018 – 2022 | Bio19 Zweitfach Mikrobiologie | Bachelor | Lecture and laboratory course; responsible for the module |
| 2018 – 2022 | Bio9 Mikrobiologie | Bachelor, 4th semester | Lecture; in one year also the laboratory course |
| 2013 – 2017 | Molecular Infection Biology, Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenicity, Medical Microbiology and Principles of Microbiology | TU Braunschweig and HZI Graduate School | Lectures and laboratory courses |
| 2012 | General Microbiology lecture series and laboratory courses in microbiology | University of Fribourg | Lectures and laboratory courses; responsible |
Supervised theses
At Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and at previous positions, counted from the current members and the alumni of the lab (research projects without a thesis are not counted).
- 36Bachelor theses
- 24Master theses
- 20doctoral theses
- 13postdoctoral researchers
Thesis projects
Thesis projects are part of the current research projects of the lab. Students who are interested in a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, a study project or a project module send Marc Erhardt a brief statement of interest and a CV (Open positions).
Movies for teaching
You may show the molecular movies in lectures and seminars (licence CC BY-NC 4.0; citation under each movie). Build a flagellum and What is a flagellum? introduce the flagellum for beginners.
