In any semester various faculty members may offer seminar courses related to the area of their research interests. Announcement is made on the department bulletin board. Topics include vaccine research, drug development and testing, gene therapy, and basic virology. Advanced topics in virology are investigated in a discussion course. Previous topics include anti-viral therapy, vaccine design, and viral transcription regulation.
Students present reviews of the literature and write critiques.
Special Topics in Microbiology Staff Credit to be arranged Directed studies in the field of microbiology, supervised by a senior faculty member and organized to meet the needs of individuals or small groups of graduate students. Ph.D. Research Staff Credit to be arranged Research may be undertaken in virology, general medical microbiology, animal parasitology, immunochemistry, genetics, physiology, bacterial cytology, and cellular immunology.