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MICROBIOLOGY II – VIRUSES

January – April 2014 Instructors: Dr. A. Cochrane (coordinator) Time: MWF 12 Dr. L. Frappier Location: msb 2172 Dr. T. Mazzulli Dr. J. Gubbay Dr. C. Tailor Textbook: Fundamentals of Molecular Virology Second Edition, N. Acheson Course Material: available on mgy378 Blackboard site Week Date Lecture Instructor Lecture Topic 1 Monday 1 Dr. Cochrane Overview of viruses Jan. 6 Wednesday 2 Dr. Cochrane Picornaviruses

Jan.8 Friday 3 Dr. Cochrane Flaviviruses Jan. 10 2 Monday 4 Dr. Cochrane Coronaviruses Jan. 13 Wednesday 5 Dr. Gubbay Paramyxoviruses Jan. 15 Friday 6 Dr. Gubbay Rhabdoviruses; filoviruses.

Jan. 17 3 Monday 7 Dr. Gubbay Bunyaviruses Jan. 20 Wednesday 8 Dr. Gubbay Influenza Jan. 22 Friday 9 Dr. Cochrane Double-stranded RNA viruses I Jan. 24 (reoviruses)

Week Date Lecture Instructor Lecture Topic 4 Monday 10 Dr. Cochrane Double-stranded RNA viruses II Jan. 27 (rotaviruses) Wednesday 11 Dr. Cochrane Retroviruses I Jan. 29 Friday 12 Dr. Cochrane Retroviruses II Jan. 31 5 Monday Dr. Cochrane Review Feb. 3 Wednesday Midterm Test - 1 hour Dr. Cochrane Feb. 5 Location: 255 McCaul St. Room 100 (material from lectures 1- 10) Friday 13 Dr. Cochrane Retroviruses III Feb. 7 (Lentiviruses / HIV) 6 Monday 14 Dr. Cochrane Retroviruses IV Feb. 10 (Lentiviruses / HIV) Wednesday 15 Dr. Cochrane Hepatitis B virus Feb. 12 Friday 16 Dr. Cochrane Hepatitis virus B/D Feb. 14 READING WEEK 7 Monday 17 Dr. Frappier Parvoviruses Feb. 24 Wednesday 18 Dr. Frappier Adenoviruses Feb. 26 Friday 19 Dr. Frappier Polyomaviruses Feb. 28 Week Date Lecture Instructor Lecture Topic 8 Monday 20 Dr. Frappier Papillomaviruses I Mar.3

Wednesday 21 Dr. Frappier Papillomaviruses II Mar. 5 Friday 22 Dr. Frappier Herpesviruses I Mar. 7 9 Monday 23 Dr. Frappier Herpesviruses II Mar. 10 (Herpes simplex virus/cytomegalovirus) Wednesday 24 Dr. Frappier Herpesviruses III Mar. 12 (Epstein Barr virus) Friday Dr. Frappier review Mar. 14 10 Monday Midterm Test - 1 hour Mar. 17 Location: 255 McCaul St. Room 100 (material from lectures 11-21) Wednesday 25 Dr. Tailor Viruses as vectors – I Mar. 19 Friday 26 Dr. Tailor Viruses as vectors – II Mar. 21 11 Monday 27 Dr. Mazzulli Antivirals – I Mar. 24 Wednesday 28 Dr. Mazzulli Antivirals – II Mar. 26 Friday 29 Dr. Frappier Poxviruses Mar. 28 12 Monday 30 Dr. Mazzulli Vaccines I Mar. 31 Wednesday 31 Dr. Mazzulli Vaccines II Apr. 2 Friday 32 review Apr. 4

ASSESSMENT: Midterm test #1 (lectures 1-10) 30% Midterm test #2 (lectures 11-21) 30% Final exam (cumulative) 40%