Special Topics in Virology

Credits: 2 Grading: S (Satisfactory)/U (Unsatisfactory)

Course Organizer: Jim Culver, Office: Plant Sciences 6139, Lab: 6137, Phone: 5-2912, email:

jculver@umd.edu

Class location and meeting time:

3:00 to 5:00pm, H.J. Patterson, Rm1216

January 30 & 13

Reed Wickner (wickner@helix.nih.gov):

Prions, dsRNA Viruses, and ssRNA Replicons of Yeast

February 20 & 27

Daniel Perez (dperez1@umd.edu):

Pathogenicity of Influenza Virus

March 6 & 13

Bernard Moss (bmoss@nih.gov):

Poxvirus Replication and Host Interactions

March 27 & April 3

Alison McBride (alison_mcbride@nih.gov)

Papillomavirus Replication, Gene Expression and Host Interactions

April 10 & 17

Robert Owens (Robert.A.Owens@ars.usda.gov)

Viroids and other subviral RNAS

April 24 & May 1

Donald Nuss (nuss@umbi.umd.edu):

Molecular Biology of Hypoviruses

Grading and other information:

Students will receive a grade of Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) based on their

performance on take home questions and attendance of lectures. Take home questions

will be provided by the individual instructors and must be completed within two weeks.

The instructors may assign reading material for their section of the course.

Individual instructors have the option to choose a format that best suits their lectures

and test questions.