Milestones in Immunology: on old concepts and modern experiments
Lernziel
The course will cover six grand topics in immunology (B cells, innate immunity, antigen presentation, tumor immunity, thymus and T cells, cytotoxic T cells and NK cells) and for each grand topic four hours will be allocated. During the first double hour, historical milestone papers will be presented by the supervisor providing an overview on the development of the conceptional framework and critical technological advances. The students will also prepare themselves for this double lecture by reading the historical milestone papers and contributing to the discussion. In the following lecture up to four students will present each a recent high impact research paper which emerged from the landmark achievements of the previously discussed milestone concepts.
Inhalt
Milestones and current topics of innate immunity, antigen presentatino, B cells, thymus and T cells, cytotoxic T cells and NK cells, and tumor immunology.
Skript
Original and review articles will be distributed by the lecturer.
Literatur
Literaturunterlagen werden vor Beginn des Kurses auf folgender website zugänglich sein: Moodle Course Link
Leistungskontrolle
Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)
Repetition ohne erneute Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich.
Zusatzinformation zum Prüfungsmodus
Each student will receive a grade for his/her paper presentation and his/her ability to discuss the topic and to answer questions from the teacher. The final grade of the course will be composed to 50% by the presentation grade and to 50% by the grade reached in the final overall written exam.
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Einschränkungen
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