Course Identification

Title:

Core Immunology - Cells and Molecules

Code:

20223081

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Jakub Abramson, Prof. Steffen Jung, Prof. Ziv Shulman, Prof. Yifat Merbl, Prof. Roi Avraham

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 11:15 - 13:00, Benoziyo Biochemistry Auditorium 191

First Lecture:

11/11/2021

End date:

18/03/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points

Comments

Make up lecture: Tues Nov. 30th, 2pm ? 4pm, Benoziyo Biochemistry Auditorium 191 (instead of Dec 2nd).

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of biology

Restrictions

Participants:

250

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Final:

100%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

17/02/2022

Location

N/A

Time

1100-1300

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

08/03/2022

Location

FGS, Rm B

Time

1100-1300

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

History of Immunology

Introduction to the immune system

Innate Immune cells - cellular players NK, ILC, DC, macrophages, granulocytes

Innate effector mechanisms TLR, NLR, CLR, complement, phagocytosis, inflammation

Adaptive Immunity - Antigen processing & presentation on MHCI/II

Adaptive immunity - B cells and antibodies 1 (Immunoglobulin locus, recombination, somatic hypermutation, etc)

Adaptive immunity - B cells and antibodies 2 (B cell development, maturation and function)

Adaptive Immunity - T cells 1 : T cell development and selection in the thymus; tolerance

Adaptive Immunity - T cells 2: Peripheral T cell responses and functions

Immune Disorders (autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergies, cancer immunology)

Immunity to Infection (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, vaccination strategies

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate a basic knowledge of Immunology, including current questions and techniques.

Reading List

For further reading we suggest the following text book: Janeway's Immunobiology (limited amount of copies of the 8th edition are available in the library, 7th edition will suffice)

Website

N/A