Frequently Asked Questions
Due to the volume of email I receive, I would be grateful if people would check
the answers to the following frequently asked questions. Don't expect to receive
a reply to your email if the answer to your question appears on this page:
- Can you advise me on a medical condition affecting me or a
member of my family?
- I have to write an essay/report/thesis on xyz. Please could
you send me some more information on this topic?
- Can I get academic credit for studying your courses?
- Can I link to/use the information on your server?
- How should I reference the information on your server?
- Can I download material from your server and mirror it on my
local site?
- I would like to work/study with you
- please can you tell me how to proceed?
- How should I write the names of viruses?
Can you advise me on a medical condition affecting
me or a member of my family?
I'm sorry but I'm a research scientist and not a physician. Also, the risk of
medical malpractice limits my ability to answer your question. I wish that I
could be of more assistance. There are a great deal of medically-related resources
on this server and on the internet, and I would suggest that you search
them for links that might be of interest to you and relevant to your questions.
I also strongly suggest that you contact your physician for specific medical
information.
I have to write an essay/report/thesis on xyz. Please
could you send me some more information on this topic?
There is a great deal of information on this server and on the Internet, and
I would suggest that you search for links that
might be of interest to you. I'm not going to do your homework for you. Also,
please read this.
Can I get academic credit for studying your courses?
Sorry, I do not currently offer any online courses.
However, you are very welcome to read and study all the documents on this site.
I would also suggest that you get a copy of the following book and read this
in conjunction with the documents online:
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Principles of Molecular Virology:
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 Standard
Version: The 4th edition contains new
material on virus structure, virus evolution, zoonoses, bushmeat, SARS
and bioterrorism, CD-ROM with FLASH animations, virtual interactive tutorials
and experiments, self-assessment questions, useful online resources, along
with the glossary, classification of subcellular infectious agents and
history of virology. (Amazon.co.uk)
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 Instructors
Version: The 4th edition contains new
material on virus structure, virus evolution, zoonoses, bushmeat, SARS
and bioterrorism, CD-ROM with all the Standard Version content plus all
the figures from the book in electronic form and a PowerPoint slide set
with complete lecture notes to aid in course preparation. (Amazon.co.uk)
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Can I link to/use the information on your server?
All the material at this site is copyright (ownership is indicated by a link
from each document). I am usually happy to give permission for the material
to be used for non-profitmaking educational purposes and to negotiate a fee
for non-exclusive copyright for commercial projects. If you simply want to
use
a diagram for any non-commercial purpose such as an essay or a report which
will not be published in any form (electronic or print), you do not have
to ask my permission, just cite the URL of the original in your report.
It is generally accepted in science that it is acceptable to reproduce a small
proportion of an original
work, e.g. a sentence or a single diagram, as long as the idea/data/information
is clearly credited to the original source. Not to do so is plagiarism
(the repetition or rephrasing of someone else's work without proper acknowledgement).
How should I reference the information on your server?
Cite the original source of any information taken from published material.
In the case of web pages, cite the URL of the page (e.g.
http://www.microbiologybytes.com/AJC/FAQ.html).
Can I download material from your server and mirror
it on my local site?
No. All the material at this site is copyright but freely available on this
server only. Copyright infringement is theft and may result in legal action
being taken.
I would like to work/study with you
- please can you tell me how to proceed?
Sorry, I do not currently have any jobs available.
How should I write the names of viruses?
- The names of virus orders, families, subfamilies, genera and species should
be written in italics with the first letter capitalized.
- Other words are not capitalized unless they are proper nouns, e.g. Tobacco
mosaic virus, Poliovirus, Murray River encephalitis virus.
- This format should only be used when official taxonomic entities are referred
to - it is not possible to centrifuge the species Poliovirus for example,
but it is possible to centrifuge poliovirus.
- Italics and capitalization are not used for vernacular forms (e.g. rhinoviruses,
c.f. the genus Rhinovirus), for acronyms (e.g. HIV-1), nor for adjectival
usage (e.g. poliovirus polymerase).
- M.H.V.
Van Regenmortel: How to write the names of virus species. Arch.Virol. 144
(1999) 5, 1041-1042.
© AJC 2007.