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DMMC COURSES & WORKSHOPS
IMMUNOBIOLOGY
2 Feb - 23 Mar 2005; 1400-1600 weekly (Wed)
Venue: Education & Research Centre, St Vincent's University
Hospital (location)
Wed
2 Feb 2005; 1400-1600, Seminar Room
Introductory Overview
Organs, cells and molecules of the immune system.
Wed
9 Feb 2005; 1400-1600, Lecture Hall
Innate Immunity 1
Toll like receptors; cytokines; chemokines; anti-microbial
peptides.
Wed
16 Feb 2005; 1400-1600, Lecture Hall
Innate Immunity 2
Complement; inflammation; anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
Wed
23 Feb 2005; 1400-1600, Seminar Room
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Antigen processing and presentation; dendritic cell maturation.
Wed
2 Mar 2005; 1400-1600, Seminar Room
Cellular and Molecular Components of Adaptive Immunity
T and B lymphocytes; TCR; immunoglobulins; regulatory cytokines.
Wed
9 Mar 2005; 1400-1600, Seminar Room
Lymphocyte Development
Haematopoietic stem cells; thymus; bone marrow; gene rearrangement;
positive and negative thymic selection.
Wed
16 Mar 2005; 1400-1600, Lecture Hall
Effector Mechanisms in Immunology
Cytotoxicity; apoptosis; immune responses to pathogenic challenge;
tolerance induction.
Wed
23 Mar 2005; 1400-1600, Lecture Hall
Immunological Dysregulation
Malignancy, autoimmunity and allergy.
Objectives of the course
At the end of this course, participants should be familiar with
the basic terms and concepts of innate and adaptive immunity and
will hopefully be conversant with the names and functions of the
main organs, cells, molecules and genes involved in initiating and
mediating immune responses. They should be able to explain fundamental
immunological concepts and discuss the roles of functional components
of the immune system including acute phase proteins, complement,
haematopoietic cells, immunoglobulins and cytokines in protecting
against disease. They should also understand some basic concepts
of immunological dysregulation seen in inflammatory and autoimmune
diseases, allergy, malignancy and immunopathogenesis.
Recommended
text
Immunobiology (6th ed). C.A. Janeway, P. Travers, M. Walport, M.
Shlomchik (Garland / Churchill Livingstone).
The previous edition is accessible in the
Bookshelf
section of the NCBI website
Course
leader
Prof Cliona O’Farrelly
Education & Research Centre
St.Vincent’s University Hospital
e.mail: cliona.ofarrelly@ucd.ie
Contributors
Dr Lucy Golden-Mason (SVUH)
Dr John Baugh (Dept of Medicine, UCD)
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