MBIM 612 Advanced Immunology

Credits: 4
This course is intended for students who have had introduction to Immunology or equivalent. The intention is to cover, in some depth, important concepts and some current issues in basic molecular and cellular immunology. The course will be primarily literature based, supplemented as necessary with lectures, review articles and textbook material. Students are expected to read the assigned material and to discuss questions in the class. The course is taught by a small number of faculty, each of whom covers one area. Because the area covered are chosen to reflect the area of major active research in immunology, the actual topics may vary from year to year. Recent areas covered include: T cell activation and the immune synapse, NK receptors and related molecules and the expanding family of MHC class I like ligands; T and B cell development; T and B cell memory; toll-like receptors; T cell trafficking.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit