What exact microbiology field is it if you want to develop vaccines for viruses and infectious diseases?

Question

such as pademic flu or SARS......things of that nature

upon undergraduate graduation should you I go into a microbiology graduate program or ....public health graduate program? What is the biggest difference? in field choice..

Right now im majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry

Answer 1

I would suggest pharmacology as it is concerned with interactions on a cellular and biological level and both are needed when one is attempting drug research or immunohistology as its more concerned with tissues and using antibodies to detect the presence of certain tissue components (very useful in clinical disease research). I had the wonderful opportunity of being in a program called M.A.R.C. (Minorities Access to Research Careers) when I was in high school and as a result I performed immunohistological experiments in an Urology Research lab at Temple School of Medicine. At the time we were performing assays on rat bladders in an attempt to locate specific enzymes in the membrane tissue that may or may not be the cause of interstitial cystitis. Even though we were working from an immunohistological perspective the same work could also be done from a microbiological or pharmacological one. Ultimately you need to decide what level of research you want to participate in. I would suggest contacting the Centers for Disease Control and getting some literature sent out to you on what they do and how they do it. hope this helps to point you in the right direction!

Answer 2

Microbiology will focus more in lab work. However, you can get an go to graduate school in public health and still work in infectious diseases. In a biology graduate program, your work will focus on biology and the disease and a lower level (molecular, cellular, physiology, etc). In public health, you might take an epidemiological approach and look at associations between exposure and disease (you'll be looking at the disease on the people/community level). If you'd like to work on developing vaccines, i'd head for the microbiology field. Good luck!

Answer 3

maximum vaccine-preventable illnesses are brought about by using germs that are spoke of as “viruses” or “bacteria.” Vaccines to help ward off those illnesses often incorporate weakened or killed viruses or bacteria particular to the affliction. Vaccines help your physique know and combat those germs and safeguard you every time you are available touch with somebody who's ill with any of those illnesses.

Answer 4

My husband does stuff like this. He did his PhD in biochemistry and x-ray crystalography. It involves a lot of lab work, computer modelling, DNA sequencing, and math/physics. They look at specific protein structures of pathogens and then develop drugs and vaccines from there.

Answer 5

immunology is best field

Answer 6

epidemiology, virology, immunology

Answer 7

immunology or biotechnology