Immunology

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of immunology at the level of bachelor's or master's degree in Life Sciences or the like.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical Classes: It is intended with the theoretical classes that the student acquires as central competencies the ability to solve problems and self-learning.

Theoretical-Practical Classes:  aim to provide laboratory basis for the knowledge of the Immune System in order to solve practical cases.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able:

- To define the cellular and molecular processes associated with the immune response.

- To define the cellular and molecular processes associated with the development of disease.

- To define the main mechanisms used by the immune system as protection against infectious agents.

- To define the main mechanisms of immune aging, as well as immunoendocrine and neuroimmunological communication.

- To understand the value of immunotherapy.

- To demonstrate the role of Immunology and immunity in human pathology and how this can be used for diagnosis and therapy.

- To understand how Immunology can benefit health and disease prevention.

- To interpret and gather scientific data based on reports based on immunological principles or laboratory research activities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Innate and Acquired Immunity

- Immunological capacity of recognition, response and memory

- Regulation Mechanisms of Immune response

- Immune Response to Internal and External Aggressors

- Nutrition,  Microbiome  and Immunoinflammatory System

- Immuno-Oncology

- Immuno-Neurology

- Evolution of the immune system (from Child to Elderly)

- Applications of Laboratorial Immunology to scientific research.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Selected articles from scientific journals(Nature Reviews in Immunology, Annual Reviews in Immunology,  Trends in Immunology, Nature Immunology, Science Immunology, Immunity, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Cancer Immunology Research,  Current Opinion in Immunology,etc.).