Topic: Antigenic Shift and Drift of influenza virus and its genetic implications.
As a reminder, for this project, you are the science reporter for your local newspaper. You have just received an assignment from your editor.

She asks you to write an article on a major topic within the field of microbiology. She stipulates that in this article you must:

1. Generate a historical timeline of the major scientific discoveries leading to our current understanding of the topic.

2. Include a summary of our current understanding of the topic.

3. Project where the next major advance or breakthrough in your topic will come from.