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MBI 456: General Virology

Spring Semester - 2013

Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 to 10:50 AM.

Class Schedule

Date	Room	Lecture	Instructor
Wed - Jan 23	3-7619 Upper Aud	Introduction to Viruses and Diseases	BW
Fri - Jan 25	3-7619 Upper Aud	Virus Entry	SM
Mon - Jan 28	3-7619 Upper Aud	Replication Strategies	SM
Wed - Jan30	3-7619 Upper Aud	Viral Structure and Assembly	RR
Fri - Feb 1	3-7619 Upper Aud	Human papiloma viruses (HPV)	RR
Mon - Feb 4	K-307 (3-6408)	DNA Viruses - Poxvirus II	BW
Wed - Feb 6	K-307 (3-6408)	DNA Viruses – Poxvirus III/SV40	BW
Fri - Feb 8	2-6424 Whipple	DNA Viruses - Poxvirus I	BW
Mon - Feb 11	K-307 (3-6408)	DNA Viruses – Herpesviruses I	JM
Wed - Feb 13	K-307 (3-6408)	DNA Viruses – Herpesviruses II	JM
Fri - Feb 15	3-7619 Upper Aud	DNA Viruses – Herpesviruses III	JM
Mon - Feb 18	K-307 (3-6408)	Review of Exam 1	SM, RR, BW, JM
Wed - Feb 20	Whipple Aud (2-6424)	Exam 1 (11 lectures): 2 hours 25% of final grade
Fri - Feb 22	2-6424 Whipple	Paramyxovirus I	TT
Mon - Feb 25	3-7619 Upper Aud	Paramyxovirus II	TT
Wed - Feb 27	3-7619 Upper Aud	RSV	TT
Fri - Mar 1	3-7619 Upper Aud	Influenza virus II/: life cycle/pathogenesis/ evolution	LMS
Mon - Mar 4	3-7619 Upper Aud	Influenza cirus II: Viral proteins	LMS
Wed - Mar 6	3-7619 Upper Aud	Influenza virus III: Experimental tools and methods	LMS
Fri - Mar 8	3-7619 Upper Aud	Influenza virus IV: host factors/vaccines	LMS
Mon - Mar 11		Spring Break
Wed - Mar 13		Spring Break
Fri - Mar 15		Spring Break
Mon - Mar 18		No Class
Wed - Mar 20	3-7619 Upper Aud	Retroviruses/HIV – Introduction	BK
Fri - Mar 22	3-7619 Upper Aud	Retroviruses/HIV – Viral Replication and Reverse Transcription	BK
Mon - Mar 25	3-7619 Upper Aud	Retroviruses/HIV –Retroviral Enzymes	BK
Wed - Mar 27	3-7619 Upper Aud	Retroviruses/HIV-1 –Antiviral reagents, Drug resistance	BK
Fri - Mar 29	3-7619 Upper Aud	HIV Host Factors	SM
Mon - Apr 1	3-7619 Upper Aud	HIV and Co-infections	SM
Wed - Apr 3	3-7619 Upper Aud	HIV Pathogenesis I	CD
Fri - Apr 5	3-7619 Upper Aud	HIV Pathogenesis II	CD
Mon - Apr 8	3-7619 Upper Aud	Neuro-AIDS	SM
Wed - Apr 10	K-307 (3-6408)	Review for Exam 2	CD, SM, LMS, TT, BK
Fri - Apr 12	Upper Aud (3-7619)	Exam 2 (16 lectures): 2 hours - 40% of final grade
Mon - Apr 15	3-7619 Upper Aud	Hepatitis virus I	CD
Wed - Apr 17	3-7619 Upper Aud	Hepatitis virus II	CD
Fri - Apr 19	3-7619 Upper Aud	Dengue virus	CD
Mon - Apr 22	3-7619 Upper Aud	Viral Immunology – I	MS
Wed - Apr 24	3-7619 Upper Aud	Viral Immunology – II	MS
Fri - Apr 26	3-7619 Upper Aud	Viral Vaccines II	RR
Mon - Apr 29	3-7619 Upper Aud	Viral Vaccines II	RR
Wed - May 1	K-307 (3-6408)	Review of lectures from entire course (Last day of class)
Mon - May 6	Whipple Aud (2-6424)	Final Exam: 3 hours *35% of final grade (15% for last 7 lectures and 20% for cumulative lectures)*	All Lecturers

Instructors

Name	Phone	E-mail
Carrie Dykes (CD)	273-4104
Baek Kim (BK)	275-6916
Mark Sangster (MS)	273-3109
Sanjay Maggirwar (SM)	273-2276
Luis Martinez-Sobrido (LMS)	276-4733
Joshua Munger (JM)	273-4800
Robert Rose (RR)	275-0263
Toru Takimoto (TT)	273-2856
Brian Ward (BW)	275-9715

Teaching Assistants

Name	Phone	E-mail	Office Hours
Benson Cheng			To be Announced

Supplementary Textbook

Fields Virology: (Vol.1 & 2)

by Bernard N. Fields (Editor), David M. Knipe (Editor), Peter M. Howley
Hardcover 4th Edition (2007)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers; ISBN: 0781718325; Bk&CD-Rom edition