Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Basic veterinary virology
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3260-24-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 15/09/2024

Date and time	29.10.2024, at: 09:00 - 10.12.2024, at: 16:00
Regular seats	12
Course fee	12,720.00 kr.
Lecturers	Graham Belsham
ECTS credits	4.70

Contact person	Graham Belsham E-mail address: grbe@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Explain the basic aspects of virology with the emphasis on viruses in animals 2. Explain the basic aspects of virology with the emphasis on viruses in animals 3. Plan experimental in vivo and in vitro virological experiments 4. Understand the basics of vaccines and veterinary vaccinology 5. Be able to critically read peer-reviewed literature on animal viruses Content The course covers topics in virological taxonomy, virus replication, classical and state of the art diagnostic methods, virus evolution and phylogeny, pathogenesis and virus interaction with the host including principles and use of vaccines and insights into zoonotic aspects of viruses. Emphasis is placed on virus infections of animals. Human virology is only briefly described. Participants PhD students on projects involving virological studies. Its required that the participants have a general understanding of biology, but not necessarily in veterinary or human medicine Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: - Immunology and Infectious Diseases - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease - Veterinary and Animal Health Sciences Language English Form Four different learning approaches will be used where the students: 1) reading (preparation before the course) 2) listening (presentations by peers, teachers or guest speakers) 3) thinking and discussion (group work) 4) dissemination (oral presentations). Course director Graham J. Belsham, Professor, Dept. for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Section of Clinical Veterinary Microbiology, grbe@sund.ku.dk Teachers Graham J. Belsham, Professor, Dept. for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Section of Clinical Veterinary Microbiology, grbe@sund.ku.dk Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Senior Scientist, Statens Serum Institut, tbru@ssi.dk Mette Sif Hansen, Assoc. Prof. Dept for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, msha@sund.ku.dk Charlotte Hjulsager, Senior Researcher, Statens Serum Institut, ckhj@ssi.dk Carsten Kirkeby, Senior Researcher, Dept for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, ckir@sund.ku.dk Gregers Jungersen, Professor, Statens Sserum Institut. grju@ssi.dk Dates 29th October- 10th December (6 weeks in total, 1 day per week) plus an oral exam on final day. Course location Dept. of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Campus Registration Please register before 15th Sept. 2024 Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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