MCDB 1030
Plagues and Peoples
Spring 2005
Date
Lecture
Jan. 11
Overview of Infectious Diseases
Intro to the players
Historical Ideas about Infectious
Diseases
Biological Macromolecules
Bauman Ch. 3
Bauman Ch. 7, p. 199-212
Jan. 25
DNA Replication and
Transcription
Class cancelled
Jan. 27
Translation
Bauman Ch. 7, p. 212-216
Feb. 1
Mutations and Natural Selection
Feb. 3
Bacteria
Bauman Ch. 7, p. 221-236
“The Lethal Gift of Livestock”, Ch. 11 from Jared Diamond’s
“Guns, Germs, and Steel” (e-reserve)
Bauman Ch. 3 – p. 67-76
Bauman Ch. 11 – emphasize p. 314-316, scan the rest
Bauman Ch. 6 – p. 167-189
Feb. 8
Viruses
Feb. 10
Hour exam
Covers through lecture on viruses
Feb. 15
Infection/Virulence
Bauman Ch. 14
Jan. 13
Jan. 18
Jan. 20
Special Notes
Reading
Bauman Ch. 1
Bauman Ch. 2
Homework Set 1
due
Homework Set 2
due
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Bauman Ch. 13, p. 378-397
Feb. 17
Field trip to the CAVE
Feb. 22
Non-Specific host Defenses
Bauman Ch. 15
Feb. 24
The Immune System Antibodies
The Immune System – Cellmediated Immunity
Bauman Ch. 16
Mar. 3
Anthrax
Mar. 8
Plague
Mar. 10
Mar.15
(SC)
Mar. 17
Antibiotics and Antibiotic
Resistance
Field trip to Special
Collections
Influenza
“Attacking Anthrax”, Scientific American, March 2002 (ereserve)
“A Sure Killer Yields to Medicine”, Science 294, p. 1813-1814
(Chinook)
Bauman Ch. 20, p. 580-581
“How a Mysterious Disease Laid Low Europe’s Masses” (ereserve)
Bauman Ch. 10
Mar. 21-25
Mar. 29
Mar. 31
Spring Break
AIDS
AIDS
Mar. 1
Bauman Ch. 16
Homework Set 3
due
“Are We Ready for Pandemic Influenza?”, Science, 302, 15191522, 2003 (Chinook)
“Disarming Flu Viruses”, Scientific American, Jan. 1999 (ereserve)
Bauman Ch. 25, p. 718 – 724
“Improving HIV Therapy”, Scientific American, July 2003 (ereserve)
“HIV/AIDS Treatment for Millions”, Science, vol 292, p. 221223
“How HIV Defeats the Immune System”, Scientific American,
July 2003 (e-reserve)
2
Apr. 5
Vaccines
Homework Set 4
due
“Edible Vaccines”, Scientific American, Sept. 2000
Apr. 7
Hour exam
Hour exam
Covers lectures through AIDS
Apr. 12
Bioterrorism
Apr. 14
Plant pathogens
Apr. 19
Apr. 21
Malaria and other MosquitoBorne Diseases
Prions
Apr. 28
Emerging Threats
Bauman Ch. 26, p. 772-775
“Creatures of Our Own Making”, Science, vol. 298, 80-86,
access through Chinook
“Detecting Mad Cow Disease”, Scientific American, July, 2004
(e-reserve)
Homework Set 5
due
Wednesday, Final Exam
May 4,
10:30 AM–
1 pm
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