Viruses in technology

Grading papers with a deadline looming be like…

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Just kidding of course.  But I know we are all stressed out trying to get everything done in time, so, in that interest… I’m going to just skip straight to the goods:

Things to focus on this week:

  • Koch’s postulates – what they are, and what they are for.
  • How Koch’s postulates had to be revised into River’s postulates
  • PCR, Western Blot, ELISA and staining with antibodies
    • How each assay works
    • What each assay is trying to detect
  • Direct versus indirect ELISA
    • Hint:  Please use the definitions in my online lecture, the textbook and in the video below.  There are different definitions across the internet that may confuse you
  • How viruses can be used to correct genetic diseases in gene therapy.
  • Be able to identify if an assay is detecting viral genome, protein or antibodies

Here is the video on PCR

Here’s another video on PCR  🙂

Heres a great video on ELISA

And this one mentions western blots  🙂

I will have office hours on  Wednesday morning please check the calendar for times.  

Good luck, and LMK if you have any questions

Let’s go slaughter some exams!!

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