Course Outline:

1. Lecture 1 (April 21, 2020): Natural Immunity
2. Lecture 2 (April 28, 2020): Diagnostics
3. Lecture 3 (May 5, 2020): Structure and Function of Viral Proteins (or Virus itself)
4. Lecture 4 (May 12, 2020): Therapy by Biologics
5. Lecture 5 (May 19, 2020): Small Molecule and Drug Screens
6. Lecture 6 (May 26, 2020): Vaccine Development

Before each class, the students would be assigned 1-2 papers on covid19. We will try to look at articles on preprint servers, so that everything is extremely current. The students will discuss the paper(s) during class.

We will provide the topic paper(s) 1 week in advance of the class and each student we be expected to research and identify 1 additional paper in this related topic area and  summarize it in 2 slides (5 min) followed by 5 min of discussion (1-2 questions by students in the class).

The students must report their choice of additional paper on Google sheet on a first come first serve basis.

Students will be expected to be prepared to discuss each of the 6 topics and will be called on to present their paper in turn and formulate questions for other papers presented. 

At the end of the course, student will submit a 2 page proposal, as if they were answering one of the numerous calls for Covid19 research.  (Details of the proposal will be defined in the first class).