OPT-7407 Systemic Immunology and Microbiology
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to systemic immunology and microbiology. The immunology aspect of the course will focus on basic and clinical immunology. The basic immunology content will focus on basic concepts of immunology, innate and adaptive immunity, the complement system, and lymphocyte development and effector function. Clinical immunology will provide a brief overview of clinical immunological disorders such as autoimmune disease, transplant rejection, tumor immunology, immunodeficiency, and hypersensitivity. The microbiology aspect of the course will focus on microbial structure, microbial replication, pathogenic mechanisms of microbes, diagnostic/laboratory studies, and major antimicrobial targets. This course will emphasize major themes in the four core areas of microbiology such as bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology.