MGY378H1 S

MICROBIOLOGY II – VIRUSES

January – April 2019

Instructors: Time: MWF 12-1 pm

Dr. A. Cochrane (coordinator)
Dr. S. Joshi
Dr. M. Brown
Dr. S. Mubareka
Location:

Textbook: Fundamentals of Molecular Virology Second Edition, N. Acheson

Course Material: available on MGY378 site

Week Date LectureInstructor Lecture Topic

1 Monday 1 Dr. Cochrane Viruses: An Introduction

Jan.7

Wednesday 2 Dr. Cochrane Virus replication: The

basics
Jan. 9

Friday 3 Dr. Mubareka Positive strand RNA viruses I

Jan. 11 (picorna and flaviviruses)

2 Monday 4 Dr. Mubareka Positive strand RNA viruses II

Jan. 14 (picorna and flaviviruses)

Wednesday 5 Dr. Mubareka Positive strand RNA viruses III

Jan. 16
(coronaviruses)

Friday 6 Dr. Mubareka Negative strand RNA viruses

Jan. 18
(Mononegavirales:
paramyxoviruses, rhabdoviruses, filoviruses)

3 Monday 7 Dr. Mubareka Segmented negative strand RNA viruses I

Jan. 21 (bunyaviruses, influenza virus)
 Wednesday y 8 Dr. Mubareka Segmented negative strand RNA viruses II
Jan. 23 (influenza virus)

Friday 9 Dr. Mubareka Double-stranded RNA viruses

Jan 25 (reoviruses, rotaviruses)

4 Monday 10 Dr. Joshi Retroviruses I

Jan. 28

Wednesday 11 Dr. Joshi Retroviruses II

Jan. 30

Friday 12 Dr. Joshi Retroviruses III

Feb. 1 (Lentiviruses / HIV)

5 Monday Review (Drs. Mubareka, Joshi, and Cochrane)

Feb. 4

Wednesday Midterm Test - 1 hour

Feb. 6 Location: 255 McCaul St. room 200
(material from lectures 1-11)

Friday 13 Dr. Joshi Hepatitis B virus

Feb 8

7 Monday 14 Dr. Joshi Hepatitis virus B/D

Feb. 11

Wednesday 15 Dr. Cochrane Parvoviruses and Introduction to adenoviruses

Feb.13

Friday 16 Dr. Cochrane Adenoviruses

Feb. 15

Feb 18-22 Reading Week

8 Monday 17 Dr. Cochrane Polyomaviruses

Feb. 25

Wednesday 18 Dr. Cochrane Papillomaviruses I

Feb. 27

Friday 19 Dr. Cochrane Papillomaviruses II

Mar.1

9 Monday20 Dr. Cochrane Herpesviruses I

Mar. 4 (Introduction and Herpes simplex virus)
 Wednesday 21 Dr. Cochrane Herpesviruses II
Mar. 6 (Herpes simplex and cytomegalovirus)

Friday 22 Dr. Cochrane Poxviruses

Mar. 8

10 Monday23 Dr. Brown Evasion of host response I

Mar. 11

Wednesday 24 Dr. Brown Evasion of host response II

Mar. 13

Friday 25 Dr. Brown Antivirals – I

Mar. 15

11 Monday Review (Drs Joshi and Cochrane)

Mar. 18

Wednesday Midterm Test - 1 hour

Mar. 20 Location: 255 McCaul St. Room 200
(material from lectures 12-22)

Friday 26 Dr. Brown Antivirals – II

Mar. 22

12 Monday27 Dr. Brown Viruses as vectors – I

Mar. 25

Wednesday 28 Dr. Brown Viruses as vectors – II

Mar. 27

Friday 29 Dr. Brown Oncolytic viruses

Mar. 29

13 Monday30 Dr. Brown Vaccines I

Apr. 1

Wednesday 31 Dr. Brown Vaccines II

Apr. 3

Friday Review
Apr. 5

ASSESSMENT: Midterm test #1 (lectures 1-11) 30%

Midterm test #2 (lectures 12-22) 30%
Final exam (cumulative) 40%