BMB512: Teoretical Immunology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01001201

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: kskjoedt@health.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
shansen@health.sdu.dk
charken@health.sdu.dk
ckoch@health.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Revison of timetable:
: Større lokaler.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Fundamental Molecular Biology, Fundamental Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry + Enzymes and Membranes is assumed known.

Course introduction
The general purpose of the course is to give the students a thorough understanding of the immune system as a defence mechanism that has been developed as protection against threats from the environment, primarily by hindering the entry and spread throughout the body of potentially disease-inducing micro-organisms. The course consists of 15 two-hour lectures - based upon the most up-to-date text-book currently available - in which the entire immune system is described. In addition, the course includes tutor-based group-work on various topics resulting in a report (equivalent to 10 teaching hours).

Qualifications
The course is constructed in such a way that it provides the background knowledge of immunology necessary for the study of medicine as well as of the biomedical and biological sciences. The objective is to give the student so thorough an understanding of the immune system’s structure and function that he/she will be able to comprehend issues concerning the immune system’s action in both infectious diseases and non-infectious disorders.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
Introduction to the immune system
Cells and organs of the immune system
Innate immunity, including complement
Antigens (Ag) and antibodies (Ab)
Immunoglobulin genes
The Ag-Ab interaction
MHC and Ag-processing and presentation
The T cell receptor (TCR) and T cell maturation
B cell maturation
Cytokines
Cell-mediated responses and leukocyte activation
Hypersensitivity reactions and response to infections

Literature

• oplyses senere. .
• Kuby: Immunology, 6.udgave.

Syllabus
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Written exam. External marking. Marks according to the Danish 7-scale.
Furthermore an obligatory project report evaluated internally by teacher. Passed/not passed.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Undervisningen vil bestå af forelæsninger (30 timer) samt 10 timers tutorbaseret gruppearbejde over udvalgte emner med rapport (projektopgave)
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Language
No recorded information about the language used in the course.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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