Infections, Immunity and Microbes
 

Alexander Tarr

Associate Professor in Molecular Virology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Contact

  • workRoom W/A1328c Microbiology
    Queen's Medical Centre
    Nottingham
    NG7 2UH
    UK
  • work0115 74 86468
  • fax0115 8230759

Teaching Summary

Co-course lead, MSc Clinical Microbiology (Distance Learning)

Module convenor, LIFE4008 Viral Pathogenesis & Infections

Module co-convenor, LIFE4112, Core Research Methods: Transferable Skills

Module convenor LIFE4121 Viral Pathogenesis & Infections (distance learning)

Module co-convenor LIFE4133 Core Research Methods: Transferable Skills (distance learning)

Undergraduate teaching: I contribute to modules LIFE2010 (Medical Microbiology) and LIFE2080 (Infection & Immunity), contributing lectures on cancers of viral aetiology, innate and adaptive immune responses to virus infections, and mechanisms of virus evasion of host immunity.

Postgraduate teaching: I contribute lectures on virus replication strategies, anti-viral immunity, viral oncogenesis, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, HIV-1 and herpesviruses. I also contribute sessions on data analysis & presentation and oral presentation skills.

External teaching: I contribute to MSc teaching at the London School of Medicine and Tropical Diseases.

Selected Publications

Infections, Immunity and Microbes

School of Life Sciences
University of Nottingham
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham NG7 2UH