Modul MZ5111-KP06

Duration:

Turnus of offer:

Course of studies, specific field and terms:

• Master Infection Biology 2023 (compulsory), Immunology, 1st semester
• Master Nutritional Medicine 2023 (Module part of a compulsory module), life sciences, 1st semester
• Master Molecular Life Science 2023 (optional subject), Immunology, 1st semester
• Master MLS 2018 (optional subject), Immunology, 1st semester
• Master Nutritional Medicine 2019 (Module part of a compulsory module), life sciences, 1st semester
• Master MLS 2016 (optional subject), cell biology, 1st semester

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are able to:
• Name cells of the immune system and allocate their functions
• Name organs that belong to the immune system and allocate their functions
• Name mechanisms, cells and molecules of the innate and adaptive immune system and allocate their functions during bacterial, viral and fungal infections
• Name and allocate functions of molecules important for B cell -T cell co-cooperation
• Name and allocate the functions of molecules and antigen-presenting cells important for T cell activation and differentiation
• Name molecules of the complement system and allocate their functions for immune protection and immune diseases
• Name structure and function of the distinct antibody classes
• Name and allocate functions of molecules important for homing and migration of immune cells
• Name and allocate functions of molecules important for the initiation and resolution of inflammation
• Name the functions of immunological memory
• Name molecules and mechanisms involved in the development of B cell and T cell memory
• Describe the principal sequence of an immune reaction during infection and after vaccination
• Name genetic, molecular and cellular disturbances of the immune system relevant for immune deficiency, autoimmune and allergic diseases
• Describe the basic mechanisms of signal transduction in immune cells
• Name mechanisms and molecules involved in hematopoiesis
• Name and explain immunological methods
• Present and discuss scientific data

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Karsten

Teachers:

• Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research (ISEF)

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf Manz
• Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Köhl
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Karsten
• Prof. Dr. Admar Verschoor
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Yves Laumonnier

Literature:

• Janeway, Travers, Walport, Shlomchik: Janeway's Immunobiology - Routledge Chapman Hall
• : original and review articles

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

Prerequisites for the module:
- nothing

Prerequisites for admission to the written examination:
- succesful participation in the seminar MLS/NM (for MLS- and NM-students) or IB (for IB-students)

Module exam:
- LS4035-L1: Immunology, written exam, 90 min, 66,67 % module grade
- LS4035-L2: succesful participation in the Seminar, 33,33 % module grade


MZ5111 Immunology is an elective course in the graduate programs (GRK1727, IRTG1911 etc.) and equal to MZ5135-KP06.

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