Immunology

Catalog description

This course offers a comprehensive view of modern immunology at the evolutionary, cellular and molecular levels and enables the students to understand the defense mechanisms in the vertebrate immune system. The course presents the major groups of pathogens and their transmission. The fundamental principles of cellular and molecular immunology will be discussed, with emphasis upon the interrelationships between innate and adaptive host defense. The nature of immunological specificity and its underlying molecular biology will be presented. This will be followed by a discussion on the emergence and evolution of the vertebrate immune system. The course concludes with presentation and discussion of new and emerging concepts and methodologies in tumor immunology and treatment of infectious diseases.