MI5061 - Advanced Immunology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
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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 and the role of the immune system in parasitic and infectious diseases, reproduction, auto-immune diseases, tumour and transplantation biology as well as the potential to manipulate the immune system.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain and discuss key immunological principles and terminology;
- Apply reasoning to understanding disease states and their immunological cause;
- Discuss the concepts of immunomanipulation and transplantation;
- Perform and interpret basic immunological assays;
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct and analyse results from experiments and to communicate findings in a written form;
- Apply basic statistical methods to the gathering and analysis of immunological data;
- Identify, read, critically appraise, assimilate and communicate relevant scientific literature;
- Interpret and communicate experimental data on research in immunology;
- Design experiments to answer immunology research questions;
- Work effectively in small groups to complete practical tasks in immunology.
| Prerequisites: | MI2011 and MI2021 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | TV5120 and MI3061 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, , Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); assignments (10%). |
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