| Date |
Instructor |
Topic |
| Jan. 6 |
Coombs01 |
Nature of Viruses, Introduction to virus morphology, classification and taxonomy |
| 8 |
Coombs02 |
Virus assay, isolation, detection and cultivation |
| 13 |
Coombs03 |
Relationships of viruses and hosts |
| 15 |
Coombs04/Levin1 |
Virus Genetics (Levin/Coombs) |
| 20 |
Coombs05 |
Protein and antigenic structure |
| 22 |
Coombs06 |
Virus morphology and capsid architecture |
| 27 |
Coombs07 |
Virus Life Cycles - Overview and the Baltimore scheme revisited |
| 29 |
Coombs08 |
Entry into cells |
| |
| Feb.3 |
Coombs09 |
Replications of: Poliovirus, the prototype ss(+) RNA virus |
| 5 |
Coombs10 |
Other ss(+) RNA virus (Alpha-, Flavi-, Tobacco mosiac, Corona-) |
| 10 |
Coombs11 |
ss(-) RNA virus (Rhabdo-, Paramyxo- and Filo-viruses) |
| 12 |
Coombs12 |
Segmented ss(-) RNA viruses (Influenza) |
| February 17 & 19 - SPRING BREAK - NO CLASSES |
| 24 |
Levin2 |
ss DNA viruses (bacteriophages and parvoviruses) (Levin) |
| 26 |
Levin3 |
ds DNA viruses I (coliphage T4, Lambda) (Levin) |
| |
| Mar.3 |
Coombs13 |
Segmented ds RNA viruses (Reovirus) |
| March 5 - MID TERM EXAM |
| 10 |
Coombs14 |
ds DNA viruses II (Poxvirus and Papoviruses) |
| 12 |
Coombs15 |
ds DNA viruses III (Adenovirus and Herpesvirus) |
| 17 |
Coombs16 |
Retroviruses |
| 19 |
Levin4 |
Lysogeny and Latency (Levin) |
| 24 |
Levin5 |
Baculovirus (Levin) |
| 26 |
Coombs17 |
Hepatitis viruses; Student research papers due |
| 31 |
Coombs18 |
Virus Life Cycles revisited - Virus Assembly |
| |
| Apr. 2 |
Coombs19 |
Viruses and cancer |
| 7 |
Coombs20 |
Unusual viruses (viroids and prions) |
| 9 |
Levin6 |
Viral expression systems (Levin) |
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