This is an advanced lecture aimed to provide knowledge regarding oncogenesis
associated with tumor viruses, especially for EPstein-Barr virus and Hepatitis B
Virus. Students are asked to join the discussion with recent reports in this
field.


Week Topic
Week 1 General introduction of virology
Week 2 Modern Virology lecture-1
Week 3 Modern Virology lecture-2
Week 4 Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)– virus pathology
Week 5 EBV- virus attachment and transmission
Week 6 EBV- virus replication and host pathological factors
Week 7 EBV- virus versus host immunity
Week 8 EBV- Burkitt’s lymphoma and Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Week 9 Midterm report
Week 10 Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) – virus pathology
Week 11 HBV- virus attachment and transmission
Week 12 HBV- virus replication and tissue specific factors
Week 13 HBV- immunopathology in the liver
Week 14 HBV- viral oncoproteins
Week 15 HBV- liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
Week 16 Intensive reading and report preparation
Week 17 Intensive reading and report preparation
Week 18 Final report


Guideline for the use of AI in this lecture:

AI-assisted report writing can be accepted in this lecture. But the student need
to provide a clear statement of how the AI is used and to what extent the report
content is generated from AI.