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551-0396-02L 6 Credits BSC , MSC D-USYS , D-BIOL

Immunology II

Immunologie II

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. em. Dr. Manfred Kopf, Prof. Dr. Annette Oxenius

The content of this course is identical to that of 551-0396-01L, Immunology I

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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: English
Levels: BSC , MSC
Frequency: Yearly recurring

Examination

Type: graded semester performance

Students may deliver their "benotete Semesterleistung" in either English or German.

Course Components

Type	Title	Time & Place	Hours
lecture with exercise	Immunologie II Permission from lecturers required for all students. Block course in the second 2.5 weeks of the semester holidays (restricted to max. 24 participants). Place: practicals room HCI E394	23.06. - 09.07 Date 07:45-16:30	100 h semesterly