Advanced Immunology

Course manual 2019/2020

Course content

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 1 or 2 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 or 2 mornings 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.

Study materials

Literature

• Immunobiology (Janeway et al., 9th edition)

Syllabus

• PDFs of articles on CANVAS

Objectives

• At the end of the course, the student will have a throrough knowlegde of state-of-the-art immunological principles
• At the end of the course, the student will have enough knowlegde about state-of-the-art techniques to be able to choose the appropiate techniques for specific research questions during internships and to execute the technique and interpret data.
• At the end of the course, the student is able to read and interpret current research articles in immunology.
• At the end of the course, the student is able to present data from a research article
• At the end of the course the student will be able to receive and give feedback on contents and execution of scientific presentations.

Teaching methods

• Lecture
• Presentation/symposium
• Self-study
• Supervision/feedback meeting

Learning activities

Attendance

This programme does not have requirements concerning attendance (TER part B).

Additional requirements for this course:

The student may be absent 1 time maximally.

Absence needs to be communicate to the one of the two course coordinators (Eldering/van Ham.

Assessment

Fraud and plagiarism

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

Course structure

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Additional information

Location: Sanquin and AMC.

Basic knowledge of immunology as well as understanding of selected chapters of the textbook Janeway's Immunobiology by Murphy, Travers and Walport, 8^th edition (chapters will be posted on blackboard after registration for the course).

The maximum number of students is 25. 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:

• first-year students of the track Infection & Immunity
• second-year students of the track Infection & Immunity
• master students of the Medical Biology cluster (Biomedical Sciences)
• master students of other master programmes

Contact information

Coordinator

• prof. dr. S.M. van Ham