Course Listing

Courses Offered by Immunology

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All Immunology Courses offered 2024 - 2025
 

Full-semester Immunology Courses (“Half Courses”):

Immunology 201. Advanced Topics in Immunology

Thorsten Mempel, Daniel Dwyer
Half course Tu., Th., 1:30 – 4 pm

This course provides an intensive and in‐depth examination of a selection of fundamental concepts in immunology. It takes advantage of the unique expertise of members of our

Immunology faculty to illustrate how these concepts have been established and continue to be developed based on seminal work in the field including contributions from their own laboratories.

Course Notes: Intended for students who have had prior exposure to immunology on the undergraduate level. In the absence of such exposure, students must obtain the permission of the Course Director.

Prerequisites: A background in genetics and biochemistry is strongly recommended.

Immunology 202. Immune and Inflammatory Diseases

Wendy Garrett

Half course Tu., Th., 1:30 - 3:30 PM

IMMUN 202 builds on IMMUN 201 and explores fundamental principles of immunology in the context of immune and inflammatory diseases. Through a series of lectures and discussion, students will survey a broad range of diseases in which the immune system is essential. Topics will include not only diseases that mobilize classical immunity but also conditions to which we now know the immune systems contributes. Students will use oral (paper discussions) and written exercises (problem sets) to learn how to critically evaluate and synthesize major concepts and tools essential for the study of immunology.

Prerequisite: Immunology 201 or its equivalent.

Immunology 204. Critical Reading for Immunology

Duane Wesemann

Half course Th., 10am-1pm.

Original research articles from fields including immunology, biochemistry, genetics, and cell and developmental biology will be critically analyzed in an intensive small group format. Grading will be based on class participation and oral presentations.

Required for first-year immunology students; open to second-year students. No auditors allowed.

Immunology 301. Immunology Seminar

Shiv Pillai and Peter Sage

Half course (fall and spring terms). Wed., 2 – 3:30 pm.

Gives students exposure to research topics in immunology. Students prepare for the weekly seminar through readings and discussion with seminar speakers. These discussions are facilitated by members of the Committee on Immunology.

Note: Required for, and limited to, first-year Immunology graduate students.
 

Half-semester Immunology Courses (“Quarter Courses”):

Immunology 307qc. Cancer Immunology

Kai W. Wucherpfennig, Stephanie Dougan Philip Kranzusch and Judith Agudo

Quarter course M., 4–6.

There have been many exciting recent developments in the cancer immunology field, and multiple therapeutic approaches have shown efficacy against diverse types of cancer. This course will emphasize new mechanistic insights, specifically on the following topics: mechanisms of spontaneous protective anti-tumor immunity; key effector cell populations of anti-tumor immunity; innate immune pathways in tumor immunity; inflammation and tumor microenvironment; immunosuppressive mechanisms in tumor immunity; targeting of inhibitory receptors; cancer vaccines.

Immunology 328r. Introduction to Research

Shiv Pillai and faculty members

Three required laboratory rotations in immunology each lasting 10-12 weeks per laboratory. To be arranged by students with investigators affiliated with the immunology program.