6 EC
Semester 1, period 1
5234ADIM6Y
| Owner | Master Biomedical Sciences |
| Coordinator | prof. dr. S.M. van Ham |
| Part of | Master Biomedical Sciences, track Infection and Immunity, |
In this course, students learn from and interact with scientists actively working in various areas of immunology. Starting from the textbook Immunobiology of Janeway, main immunology themes will be presented by staff scientists of the two participating institutes (AMC and Sanquin). In 2-day cycles, they will address a theme (e.g. macrophages and pattern recognition) in a morning lecture session (3 hrs) that will work towards several contemporary articles in that field. The articles will be posted on CANVAS in advance. The afternoon the students will read the article(s) which will be presented by selected students and discussed by all during an interactive tutorial session (article presentations and pitches) the next morning (3 hrs). The afternoon that follows, time is reserved to prepare the textbook study material and possibly articles for the next 2-day cycle. The courses thus consists of 9 cycles of lectures and workdiscussion sessions. In addition, 1 morning will be reserved for lectures that discuss the use and applicabilities of the state-of-the-art immunological techniques that you are likely to apply during internships. The course is intense and will provide a fast learning curve at Master level education.
Immunobiology (Janeway et al., 10th edition)
PDFs of articles on CANVAS
| Self study of basic immunology theory | 25% |
| Lecture sessions | 25% |
| Reading Articles, preparing presentation and pitch | 25% |
| Presentations by students + discussion | 25% |
Activity | Number of hours |
Hoorcollege | 80 |
Zelfstudie | 88 |
Additional requirements for this course:
This course requires the life presence of all students. The student may be absent 1 time maximally.
Absence needs to be communicated to the one of the two course coordinators (Duitman/van Ham).
| Item and weight | Details |
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Final grade |
Grading:
tests of Janeway: 1/3 (= average of 9 marks), live
presentations + pitch: 1/3 (= average of 2 marks), live
paper tests: 1/3 (= average of 3 marks), live
If you will miss one or more compulsory educational tests due to illness, we will discuss together how we can solve problems.
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
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Location: Sanquin and AMC/Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Basic knowledge of immunology as well as understanding of selected chapters of the textbook Janeway's Immunobiology by Murphy, Travers and Walport, 10th edition (information of chapters to be studied will be posted on blackboard after registration for the course).
The maximum number of students is 24. Admission to the course will depend on the capacity, the total number of applications, the date of registration and background of the individual student. If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of the course, student may have to be selected and priority will be given, in the following order: