Explores environmental viral pathogen surveillance methods, molecular genetics, genomics, and sequencing technologies for public health and pandemic preparedness.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
Describe how viral pathogen surveillance has been performed historically and propose how that will evolve as technologies improve
Describe different ways molecularly characterize the presence of DNA and RNA from different sample sources
Describe the molecular details of different DNA sequencing techniques
Process metagenomic sequence data to characterize viruses present in a sample
Compare and contrast the use of different types of environmental samples for viral pathogen surveillance
Propose ways that viral pathogen surveillance data could be used by public health agencies to encourage behavioral changes
Identify how viral pathogen surveillance data can provide information to local, national, and global communities
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(BOTANY 101 and 102) or BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 152 and (GENETICS 466 or 468),BIOCORE 383, or graduate/professional standing
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics in Environmental Viral Pathogen Surveillance
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