311427 (v.2) Molecular Virology 331

Area:	School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	311405 (v.1) Medical Microbiology 235 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Molecular biology and biotechnology of animal, plant, insect and bacterial viruses and other sub-cellular organisms. Use of viruses as models for studying gene regulation and nucleic acid replication. Contribution of viruses to molecular biotechnology:strategies for the development of antiviral agents and vaccines, cloning and expression vectors and insecticides. Viruses as tools for studying oncogenesis and apoptosis. Diagnosis of viral infection and epidemiology of viral diseases. Use of cutting-edge technologies for studying molecular biology and micro-organisms including PCR, DNA sequencing, proteomics and micro arrays.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010911 Microbiology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External