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IMM3051

Faculty of Science

18 September 2017 20 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Science

Coordinator(s)

Dr Kim Murphy

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit aims to introduce students to practical aspects of laboratory immunology. The course is laboratory based with tutorials to ensure a thorough theoretical understanding of techniques. Topics include the anatomy of the immune system, production of polyclonal antisera and monoclonal antibodies, structure and properties of immunoglobulins (antibodies), electrophoresis and other techniques for detection of antigen/antibody reactions. Diagnostic immunology techniques include immunofluorescence, fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and analysis of plasma proteins (immunoglobulins, complement etc).

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Compare different methods of antibodies purified from a range of different biological sources;

  1. Validate different methods of testing purified antibody products;

  1. Demonstrate the ability to perform common laboratory calculations and use these in a practical setting;

  1. Accurately record, analyse and report experimental outcomes and demonstrate this by producing written laboratory reports;

  1. Source relevant scientific literature from a variety of sources, including (but not limited to) scientific journals, text-books and the internet for the completion of written or oral assignments.

Assessment

Practical class reports: 35%
One assignment: 15%
One 3-hour end of semester practical/written examination: 50%
A pass in the final examination must be obtained in order to pass the unit.

Workload requirements

One 5-hour practical class per week

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kim Murphy

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Immunology

Prerequisites

IMM2011 or BMS2052

Co-requisites

IMM3031 (highly recommended)