Introduction

• Overview
• Bubonic Plague: A Case Study

The Microbial Menace

• Overview
• Causes of Death
• 19th and 20th century views of infectious disease
• Known Pathogens
• The Invisible Made Visible
• Pasteur and Koch - Bacteriology
• John Snow - Epidemiology

Fighting Contagion

• Overview
• Pathogens Like to Travel
• Chemturion "Ready 1" - The Ultimate Plague Suit
• Simple Measures
• Reducing Disease through Basic Education
• Methods for Preventing Disease
• Lister - Antisepsis

Defending the Body From Within

• Overview
• The Human Immune System
• An Amazing View - Antibodies and Antigens
• Vaccines, Drugs, and Drug Resistance
• The Worldwide Eradication of Smallpox
• Ehrlich - Drug Synthesis
• Fleming - Antibiotics

Genomics: Revolutionizing Medicine

• Overview
• Mendel - Genetics
• DNA: The Genetic Blueprint
• The Highly Ordered Universe of the Genome
• The Shape of Things to Come
• GenBank - and other sequence databases
• A monumental amount of information
• A Massive Atlas of the Human Genome
• New Challenges, New Technologies

1999 Lecturers

• B. Brett Finlay, Ph.D.
• Donald E. Ganem, M.D.
• Purnell W. Choppin, M.D. Biography