MCDB 134 GENERAL ANIMAL VIROLOGY

Spring Quarter 2014 Course Information

Lecture: LSB 1001, Rathmann Auditorium
M, W, F 10:00-10:50 am

Instructor: C. E. Samuel C.A. Storke Professor, MCDB
Office: LSB 2119 Hours: M, W 11 am, LSB Courtyard, just outside of lecture hall
Th 11:30-12:30 pm at LSB 2119.

Teaching Assistants: Inna Blyakhman (weeks 1, 7-10)
Christina Beck (weeks 2-6)
Office Hours: Wed 1-2 pm at LSB 2115 and TBA

Discussion Sections: Thursday: 9:00-9:50; 12:00-12:50; 1:00-1:50.
Friday: 9-9:50; 11:00-11:50; 1:00-1:50; 2-2:50.
You must attend the Section in which you are enrolled.
Sections meet in the LSB small classroom, LSB room 1101
Course Materials:

SUGGESTED REFERENCE TEXT: The following general text is available at the University
Bookstore: N. Acheson, 2e, Fundamentals of Molecular Virology, Wiley (2011)

HANDOUTS and ARTICLES: Copies of class handouts including figures of virus
multiplication schemes, and copies of the journal articles that will be considered
at the weekly Discussion Section meetings are available on the course website.

COURSE WEBSITE: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu/

REFERENCE BOOKS: The following reference books are available for use at the Reserved
Book Room, UCSB Library:
1. Flint, Enquist, Racaniello, and Skalka
"Principles of Virology" volume 1, 3
rd
edition, ASM Press (2009)
2. Knipe and Howley (Fields)
"Fundamental Virology", 4
th
ed., Lippincott-Raven Press (2001)
3. Alberts, Bray, Lewis, Raff, Roberts and Watson
"The Molecular Biology of the Cell", 5
th
ed., Garland (2008)
4. Lodish, Berk, Kaiser, Krieger, Scott, Bretscher, Ploegh, and Matsudaira
"Molecular Cell Biology", 6
th
ed., Freeman Press (2008)

JOURNALS: The following journals are among those available in the Sciences- Engineering
Library, 2nd floor of the UCSB Main Library, in print and electronic formats.
1. Virology (R1, V57 2. Journal of Virology (QR360, J62)
3. J. Biol. Chem. (QD1, J62) 4. Cell (QH573, C37)
5. Science (Q1, S3) 6. Nature (Q1, N37)
7. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (Q1, N3)

Examinations: Two midterm exams, each worth 100 points (April 25
th
; May 23
rd
).


One final exam, worth 200 points (June 9
th
).
Section quizzes and Section participation, worth 100 points (weekly activity)
Course Total = 500 points.