BMB201: Autoimmunology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01003001

Level
PhD course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: gh@ssi.dk

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Comment:
Max 12 studerende En del af undervisningen foregår på Statens Serum Institut i København

Prerequisites:
Bachelor degree (biomedicine, molecular biology or similar).

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:

• Have knowledge of basic immunology.
• Be able to use retrieve and use new literature on (auto)immunology.
• Immunology (Bx10, BMB512, BMB514 or similar) must be known.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is that the student achieves knowledge and understanding of mechanisms in immunological self/non-self discrimination and knowledge of organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases. This is important in regard to reading and understanding new literature on autoimmunology and in regard to presentation of current results and problems in autoimmunology.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses BMB512 (immunology) or similar, and gives an academic basis for studying autoimmunology in a master or PhD project.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to understand and present problems and new results in molecular (auto)immunology.
• Give skills to read and present articles and to define and carry out projects in molecular (auto)immunology.
• Give knowledge and understanding of molecular (auto)immunology.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

• describe basic mechanisms in immunological self/non-self discrimination.
• describe the role of innate and adaptive immunity in autoimmune diseases.
• describe systemic autoimmune diseases (e.g. connective tissue diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus)
• describe organ specific autoimmune diseases (e.g. diabetes type I, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune thyroiditis)
• describe basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases.
• read and understand new literature on autoimmunology.
• present current issues and problems in autoimmunology.

Subject overview


Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. Project. Danish 7 mark scale, internal examiner. (5 ECTS). (01003002).

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 30 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 20 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 10 hours

Educational activities

• Reading of articles
• Litterature searching
• Article presentations
• Individual project

Educational form
The course combines lectures, reading of original articles, examinatories with article presentations, laboratory exercises and individual projects.

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The course has limited entry. The following 4 criterias are taken into consideration when seats are assigned.

1. Students with the most ECTS from their master
2. Students who are accepted conditionally on the master 
3. Students who follows master courses concurrent with their bachelor programme
4. Bachelor students

If the score is even lots are drawn.

The academic environments of The faculty of science manages the prioritisation and at waiting list is established and will then be made aware from the faculty. The waiting list will not be transferred to the following year.

In order to keep the assigned seat you need to attend the first course day or notify the teacher, otherwise the seat is given to the next student from the waiting list.

Course enrollment
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