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551-0396-00L 6 Credits BSC D-USYS , D-BIOL

Block Course in Immunology

Immunologie

Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Karl Frei, Prof. Dr. Marcus Groettrup, Prof. em. Dr. Manfred Kopf, Prof. Dr. Annette Oxenius, Dr. Maries van den Broek, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Becher, Dr. Nicola Harris, PD Dr. Martin Bachmann, PD Dr. Burkhard Ludewig, Dr. Tobias Bruno Suter, PD Dr. Thomas Kündig
Examiners: Prof. Dr. Annette Oxenius
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:18:46

Abstract

This block course teaches a wide selection of practical immunological techniques and offers advanced lectures in selected topics in immunology.

Objective

The aim of this block course is the acquaintance with a wide spectrum of immunological techniques involving practical experimental work following analysis and interpretation of the experimental data. Along the practical work, advanced lectures in selected topics in immunology, based on the knowledge from the immunology concept course, will be offered. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity to read, interpret and present current papers followed scientific discussions.

Content

Practical work: cell culture, isolation of hematopoietic stemm cells and differentiation to macrophages and dendritic cells, activatin and cytokine production by macrophages and dendritic cells, 51Cr release assay, VSV neutralisation assay, flow cytometry, proliferation experiments, SEREX, intracellular cytokine staining, immune histology and fluorescence microscopy, MACS, cytokine bioassays, phagozytosis, proteosomal prozessing Advanced lectures: Immune responses to pathogens, Vaccination and B cells, Tolerance & Autoimmunity, Antigen processing & presentation, Pattern recognition, NK cells, Generation of (TCR) tg or ko mice, Antigen screening and definition

Resources

Lecture Notes

A script for the course will be available online (the link will be provided in the immunology concept lecture, 701-0616-01L).

General Information

Language
German
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Es wird nur der hauptverantwortliche Examinator aufgeführt. Weitere Examinatoren: Die oben aufgeführten Dozierenden.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Immunologie
Block course given twice (same people, same content), in last quarter of SS2007 (1.6.07-22.6.07: restricted to max. 24 participants) and first 2.5 weeks of the summer holidays 2007 (25.6.07-11.7.07: restricted to max. 16 participants). Ort: Praktikumsraum HCI E394/96
No time listed 100 h semesterly

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