Year 4, 2011-12
Module leaders
Dr Nicola Rogers
Dr Mick Jones
Immunity and infection
Monday 10 October - Friday 11 November 2011

Module 1: Inflammation, immunology, infection and wound healing - timetable [Word]

Essay titles [Word] Poster titles and instructions [Word]

Coursework submission
Please submit your coursework for this module at the portal.
The deadline is 12 noon on the 11 November after which penalties for late submission may apply.

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Mon 10 Oct Introduction - Dr Nicola Rogers

Immunology refresher and overview – Dr Nicola Rogers
Innate antigen recognition receptors - Dr Nicola Rogers
Neutrophils - Dr Nicola Rogers
Tues 11 Oct Antigen processing and presentation of foreign antigens on MHC class I - Professor Julian Dyson
Antigen processing and presentation of foreign antigens on MHC Class II [pdf] - Dr Salvatore Papa
Complement - Professor Matthew Pickering

Overview of infection - Dr Brian Robertson
Thurs 13 Oct Overview of mycobacteria + pdf version - Dr Nitya Krishnan

Retroviruses - Professor Myra McClure
Fri 14 Oct Generation of receptor diversity + handout - Professor Andrew George
Generation of repertoire: somatic mutation + handout - Professor Andrew George

Receptor editing during affinity maturation - Immunology Today, vol 20, April 2009
Mon 17 Oct Principles of diagnosis - Dr Annette Jepson
The immunological synapse - Professor Federica Marelli-Berg
Anatomy of the immune system - Professor Federica Marelli-Berg
Tues 18 Oct

Fungi as human pathogens - Dr Elaine Bignell
Thurs 20 Oct Immune responses to viruses [pdf] - Dr Juthathip Mongkolsapapya
Malaria [pdf] - Professor George Christophides
The history of microbiology and epidemiology - Dr Matthew Fisher

B cell effector functions - Dr Liliane Fossati-Jimack
Fri 21 Oct B cell activation [pdf] - Dr Concetta Bubici
Mon 24 Oct Critical role of DC in the initiation of the adaptive immune response [pdf] - Dr Fang-Ping Huang
T cell effector functions [pdf] - Dr Fang-Ping Huang
Tues 25 Oct Data interpretation - Dr Nicola Rogers
Tutorial: problem solving - Dr Nicola Rogers
Thurs 27 Oct Cell death and the immunological implications [tif] + handout - Dr Fang-Ping Huang
Fri 28 Oct EBV and cancer - Professor Paul Farrell
Thurs 3 Nov Tutorial: Immune regulation - Dr Fang-Ping Huang

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