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parasites covered in this course are responsible for classical tropical
diseases as well as for emerging opportunistic infections in the US. Parasites
are fascinating scientific models, and we will discuss parasitism on the
cell and molecular level. Parasites have also proven to be formidable challenges
to drug and vaccine development. Why is this, and how might recent advances
in parasite cell biology, biochemistry and genomics help to overcome these
challenges? The class will meet every week for two lectures and a seminar
presenting original papers. Lecturers will include faculty from UGA's Center
for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD) the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC), and additional speakers.There are no pre-requisites and (graduate)
students with interest in the molecular biology of infectious diseases without
prior training in parasitology are welcome.
Grading will be A-F and based on course participation (incl. paper presentation in the seminar section), a grant proposal and two grant reviews.
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