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Course code: BBS10073o10Semester: 2010/2011 summer
Name: Immunology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Nowacki , dr hab. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: The aim of the course is to provide the framework for knowledge concerning the role of immune system in homeostasis of the body, the role of self and non-self recognition, mechanisms of immune cells traffic and communication, immune response during microbial and parasite invasion and principles of immunological disorders (immune deficiencies and hypersensitivity)
Competences: At the end of the course students should know the principal mechanisms of innate and adaptive immune response, vaccination and immunological disorders. They also will be able to perform basic immunological tests for antigen and antibody detection and cellular components of immune response
Prerequisites: biochemistry, histology, cell biology
Course content: The aim of the course is to provide the framework for knowledge concerning the role of immune system in homeostasis of the body, the role of self and non-self recognition, mechanisms of immune cells traffic and communication, immune response during microbial and parasite invasion and principles of immunological disorders (immune deficiencies and hypersensitivity.
Recommended literature: Gołąb J., Jakóbisiak M., Lasek W. : Immunologia. PWN, 2002. Roitt I., Brostoff J., Male D.: Immunologia. Wyd. Med.Słotwiński Verlag, Brema / PZWL Warszawa, 2000. Goldsby R.A., Kindt T.J., Osborne B.A.: Kuby Immunology. W.H. Freeman and Company, 2000.
Assessment methods: Credit of object.
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