Course Identification

Core Immunology - Cells and Molecules
20193092

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Steffen Jung, Prof. Jakub Abramson, Prof. Ziv Shulman, Prof. Yifat Merbl
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Course Schedule and Location

2019
Second Semester
Tuesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Benoziyo Biochemistry Auditorium 191
26/03/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

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

Comments

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Prerequisites

Basic understanding of biology

Restrictions

250

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

05/08/2019
Benoziyo Biochemistry Auditorium 191
0900-1200
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Scheduled date 2

13/08/2019
FGS, Rm C
0900-1200
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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

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Syllabus

  1. General overview  and History of Immunology (JA)
  2. The immune system/cells and organs and basic development (SJ)
  3. Innate Immune cells  - cellular players  NK, ILC, DC, macrophages, granulocytes  (SJ)
  4. Innate effector mechanisms TLR, NLR, CLR, complement, phagocytosis, inflammation (SJ)
  5. Adaptive immunity - B cells and antibodies 1 (Immunoglobulin locus, recombination, somatic hypermutation, etc) (ZS)
  6. Adaptive immunity - B cells and antibodies 2 (B cell development, maturation and function)
  7. Adaptive Immunity - T cells 1 :  T development and selection in the thymus; tolerance  (JA)
  8. Adaptive Immunity - T cells 2: Peripheral T cell responses and functions  (JA)
  9. Adaptive Immunity - Antigen processing & presentation on MHCI/II (YM)
  10. Immunity to Infection  (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, vaccination strategies  (SJ)
  11. Immune Disorders (autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergies, cancer immunology) (JA)

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

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