GENE 242: Genetics of Viral Emergence and Emerging Viruses

Course Description

This course will cover genetic and complementary approaches toward understanding and mitigating the emergence of new viral epidemics. Topics are: I. Viral Emergence ('Viral life in prebiotic soup', 'emergence in cellular contexts', 'viruses from viruses', 'viruses and their non-viral cousins'), II. Emergent Virology ('tracking the virome', 'genomics of recent viral pandemics', and 'the spectrum of viral malevolence'), and III. The Virome Interface ('environmental influences on viral epidemics', 'viruses, genes, and human behavior', 'big data in the service of controlling epidemics', and 'genetic approaches to viral treatment')