In the course “Clinical Microbiology” at Merrimack College, students spend a lot of time in the laboratory, peering into Petri dishes and adjusting microscopes. That is all very important, of ...

And he’s even invited some observers to sit in on his “General Microbiology” class here at the University of California at Merced on a recent afternoon.

In recent years, the budgets available for microbiology practical classes have decreased in many university departments in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Although many microbiology ...