Course Identification

Advanced Immunology
20203161

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Liran Shlush, Dr. Rony Dahan, Prof. Michal Schwartz , Prof. Idit Shachar, Prof. Ido Amit, Prof. Jakub Abramson, Prof. Yifat Merbl, Dr. Simon Yona, Prof. Ziv Shulman, Prof. Ronen Alon, Prof. Angel Porgador
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Course Schedule and Location

2020
First Semester
Sunday, 11:15 - 13:00, Wolfson Auditorium
03/11/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

A basic course in immunology (undergraduate or the basic Immunology course given in the 1st semester) 

Restrictions

150

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

27/02/2020
Wolfson Auditorium
0900-1100
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Scheduled date 2

09/03/2020
Wolfson Auditorium
1100-1300
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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

Selected Topics in Advanced Immunology
With incorporation of papers and discussion/ highlighting of recent advances
 

Date

Lecturer

Topic

3/11/19

Idit Shachar, WIS

B cell development and malignancy

10/11/19

Burkhard Ludewig, Kantonsspital St.Gallen

Fibroblastic reticular cells at the nexus of innate and adaptive immunity

17/11/19

Yifat Merbl, WIS

Immunoproteomics and personalized medicine

24/11/19

Ronen Alon, WIS

Immune cell trafficking

1/12/19

Steffen Jung, WIS

Dendritic cells, monocytes and macrophage 

8/12/19

Kobi Abramson, WIS

Autoimmunity

15/12/19

Alexander Rudensky, MSKCC

Regulatory T cells

29/12/19

Ido Amit, WIS

Immuno-genomics and lineage determination

5/1/20

Angel Porgador, BGU

NK cells

12/1/20

Matteo Iannacone,  San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Immune Responses in the Liver

 

19/1/20

Ziv Shulman, WIS

Cellular dynamics of the antibody immune response

26/1/20

Michal Schwartz, WIS

Neuro-Immunology

2/2/20

Liran Shlush, WIS

Aging of hematopoietic system

 

 

 

 
 

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
[1] Discuss a wide array of contemporary research fields in the areas of innate and adaptive immunity including both basic and clinical immunology.
[2] Demonstarte knowledge of state of the art methodologies in diversified topics such as genetics, immune cell biology, system biology, transcription, signal transduction and in vivo imaging of immune cells and organs.

Reading List

Janeway's Immunobiology by Murphy, Travers and Walport. 7th edition.

Website

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