Modul MZ5110 A

Duration:

Turnus of offer:

Course of studies, specific field and terms:

• Master MLS 2009 (Module part of a compulsory module), neuroscience, 1st semester
• Master CLS 2010 (module part), computational life science / life sciences, 3rd 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. Rudolf Manz

Teachers:

• Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research (ISEF)

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf Manz
• Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Köhl
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marc Ehlers

Literature:

• Janeway, Travers, Walport, Shlomchik: Immunologie - Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
• : Original- und Übersichtsartikel

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

(Part of the module MZ5110)

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