First Year Seminar 191CNS34 - FYS-GoingViral(Intro/Viruses)

There are more than 200,000 species of viruses that are unknown to us. How often do you come down with a nasty cold? What causes viruses to wreak havoc in an organism that is many orders of magnitude bigger than itself? Are viruses alive? Are viruses good or bad? This seminar will explore what viruses are and how they play an important role in human health (both good and bad). We will address these questions and discuss how viruses are grown and studied in the lab. Additionally, the course will include visits to some labs at UMass that do exciting virus research.

First year students only - (Freshmen or Sophomore status) First year (Fr or Soph) https://www.umass.edu/rap/cns-connect-rap