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This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

missionimpossible wrote:This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

Try reading the Wiki (http://scioly.org/wiki/Microbe_Mission) or last year's event thread (http://scioly.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=2210)

missionimpossible wrote:This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

-According to the rules you are "required" to know about pathogen, treatment, symptoms, diagnosis, and vaccinations. However, it is best to get a well-rounded view of each disease that might include who came up with the first vaccine for a disease (such as Jenner for smallpox), anatomical structures of the pathogens, (such as Rickettsias pretty much can't survive without a host and Smallpox is a very large virus and Giardia is a very small protozoa.) You might also wish to know the important dates in history for each disease (cholera epidemic for Haiti, etc.).
- Other stuff to study is cell biology, basic epidemiology, and microbial ecology.
- CDC has pretty good information on the diseases, NCBI does too. For general microbiology, I suggest getting a microbiology textbook.

missionimpossible wrote:This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

You want to know the main diseases and what they can do to you, I use the wiki from this site and another science olympiad site that gives an idea what to study for.

Why don't they have the disease parts in Disease Detectives instead of Microbe Mission?

I suppose knowing how microbes cause diseases should be considered an important part of studying them. Why shouldn't there be a specific list?

missionimpossible wrote:This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

we should know the different types of microscopes too
disease: cause, transmission, prevention, stuff like that

InvisibleAtom wrote:Why don't they have the disease parts in Disease Detectives instead of Microbe Mission?

I used to ask myself the EXACT same question. Lol but the fact is, Disease Detectives is about epidemiology, the study of disease, containing them, setting up controls, etc. Disease Detectives is a very analytical event. Microbe mission is about microbiology and thus the disease aspect gives the angle that microbes can cause diseases, it also shows you the affects the microbes have on the body, how you can prevent them, etc. There is a bit of a crossover, so if you can talk to your coach about it try doing both.

deezee wrote:

missionimpossible wrote:This is my first time doing this event...sooo I have questions:
- What are we supposed to know about diseases?
- What else is there to study besides general microbiology?
- Is there particular resources any of you use?

we should know the different types of microscopes too
disease: cause, transmission, prevention, stuff like that

To add to this, for diseases, it's helpful to know which specific microbe causes each disease. For example, specifically, Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax (I don't know which diseases are on the list this year, but regardless, the example stands). For microscopes, know the different types of microscopes and how they are used, as well as the principles of microscopy.

Regarding resources, textbooks are good, but if you can't get one, use a review or outline book and reputable Internet sites.

Dumb question, but are we dealing with early blight or late blight with the potato blight? Should we just learn both (sigh)?