240021 Immunology

Detaljer
Inst. for Veterinær Patobiologi
Tidligst mulig placeringKandidat 1.år
VarighedEn blok
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
KursustypeKandidatkursus
 
EksamenSluteksamen

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Beskrivelse af eksamen: 4 hours written exam.

Vægtning: Written exam: 100%



13-skala, intern censur

Eksamensdatoer:
28 January 2006
 
Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamenApproved practical course and at least 75% attendanceel.
Submission of report
 
Rammer for undervisninglectures problem discussions practical laboratory course (amounts to six full days) including report writing and problem solving
 
BlokplaceringBlock 2
Ugestruktur: A
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Anbefalede forudsætninger035218,057611
 
Begrænset deltagerantal40
 
Kompetenceområder
Competences obtained within Basic Science:

Knowledge of how lymphocyte receptor diversity is created and antigen recognized.
Understanding the regulation of immune responses in various compartment of the organism.
Comprehend the interaction between innate and adaptive responses.

Competences obtained within Applied Science:

Knowledge of a variety of animal models, as well as cellular and molecular techniques used for understanding the immune system.
Comprehend the resolution of assorted immunochemical techniques.
Appreciate the versatility of antibody mediated techniques in molecular biology in general.
Apply and understand technical principles in the practical course.

Competences obtained within Ethics and Values:

Is aware of beneficial and controversial aspects of stem cell research, transgenesis, xenotransplantation, etc.
 
Kursets målsætning
Students will learn basic immunology at the molecular level. The practical course introduces a variety of antibody mediated methods, as well as the use of DNA techniques for answering immunological questions
The outcome should be an understanding of the components and the biology of the immune system, at the level of population, organism, cell, protein and gene. Students should also appreciate immunology as a discipline offering multiple tools for use in other areas of biology.
 
Kursusindhold
The theoretical part of the course will be both basic immunological principles and also give an updated version of molecular immunology.
The practical part of the course will use immunochemical methods for antibody purification and labelling. Purified protein will be analyzed by SDS-PAGE and used for Western blot. Also various quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to demonstrate the versatility of antibodies - all excercises provide a context with the theoretical part. The students will also use molecular methods to clone a gene encoding a tissue antigen and will finally be able to obtain sequence and produce a basic identification using www based programs. The practical course include the writing of a short report and answering questions stated in the manual.
 
Undervisningsform
Lectures, problem solving, practical course (six day incl. report writing):purification of immunoglobulin. Quality and quantity determination.Use as reagent. Also use DNA methods for tissuetyping animal:from PCR to DNA sequence and database searches/mining
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Janeway, Travers, Walport, Shlomchik: immunobiology. 2005. 6ed Garland.

J. Salomonsen and B. Aasted: manual for practical course in Immunology.
 
Kursusansvarlig
Jan Salomonsen, jas@life.ku.dk, Institut for Veterinær Patobiologi/Faggruppen f Virologi, Immunologi og Fiskesygdomme, Tlf: 35333128
 
Studienævn
Studienævn NSN
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger18
teoretiske øvelser18
praktiske øvelser36
forberedelse130
eksamen4

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