BME3011

Infection and immunity

(MED)

Professor J Goding (Pathology and Immunology) and Professor J Rood (Microbiology)

6 points + 2 lectures and 3 hours of laboratory/tutorial session per week + Second semester + Clayton and Alfred Hospital Campuses + Prerequisites: BMS2052 + Prohibitions: IMM3031

Synopsis: The following topics will be explored: How the immune system works; how the immune system deals with infections; structure and function of antibodies; genetic basis of the diversity of immunological recognition systems (antibodies and T cell receptors), mechanisms of tolerance and autoimmunity, antibodies in medicine and biotechnology, genetics of transplantation and transfusion, microbial strategies of immune evasion, HIV-host/pathogen interactions, emerging infections, diseases of the third world.

Assessment: Examination (3 hour): 60% + Tutor's assessment: 30% + Essay: 10%