Open Sesame: Cell Entry and Vaccinia Virus
Lecture focuses on a single virus, the Vaccinia virus, as a model for cell binding, signaling and endocytosis. Fluorescently labeled Vaccinia...
Virus Entry -Endocytosis and Penetration
In the second lecture, the next steps in viral infection are described. Endocytosis of plasma membrane bound viruses can occur via...
Cell biology of Virus entry
Viruses are extremely simple and small yet they are responsible for many of the worlds diseases. A vVirus particlees consists of...
Chemical Glycobiology
A large part of an organisms complexity is not encoded by its genome but results from post-translational modification. Glycosylation, or the...
Molecular Biology of Pheromone Perception
Pheromones have evolved to signal the sex and the dominance status of animals and to promote social and mating rituals. In...
Protein Folding and Prion Disease
What do "mad cows", people with neurodegenerative diseases and yeast cells growing happily on a deadly antibiotic have in common? They...
