MI3061:03
Advanced Immunobiology
Townsville
Prerequisites: MI2020 or MI2021
36 lectures, 6 tutorials, 18 hours practicals. First semester.
Staff: Dr G Burgess.
Advanced Immunobiology aims to cover advanced aspects of the biology of the immune system and interaction with other body systems with emphasis on the evolution of the immune system in warm and cold blooded vertebrates, immunophysiology, regulation of the immune system, the role of the immune system in parasitic and infectious diseases, reproduction, auto-immune diseases, the role of the immune system in tumour and transplantation biology, the potential to manipulate the immune system.
Learning Objectives:
- understand the physiological and functional interaction of the immune system with other body systems;
- describe at an advanced level the role of the immune system in infectious and noninfectious diseases;
- outline the evolution of the immune system in invertebrates, fish, birds and mammals;
- describe the ontogeny and the interactions between the different components of the immune system and their role in immunoregulation;
- critically evaluate the strategies used to gain a better understanding of immune mechanisms and ways in which the immune response can be modified.
Assessment by examination (60%); laboratory assessment (12%); tutorials (12%); written assignment (16%).
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