Topics in Molecular Pathogenesis and Immunology:
4 credits – Spring semester
Course Directors – Grant Gallagher, Ph.D and Joe Nickels, Ph.D.
This course provides the student with a factual understanding of key host/pathogen elements related to the development of human disease. The course will cover major human bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens and their disease-causing mechanisms. In addition, the human immune system is presented in the context of host-defense against infectious and malignant disease. Mechanisms of tumorigenesis and metastasis are explored, as are the strategies and approaches used to develop new therapeutic compounds. Finally, two shorter elements describe the creation, validation and standardization of new molecular diagnostic tools, and the critical evaluation of experimental data. Upon completion of the course, students will have gained a broad overview of the theoretic and practical aspects of the subjects that underlie the laboratory courses they will take in the future.
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Course Distribution:
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1 |
Immunol |
Microbiol | Virology |
Statistics |
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2 |
Immunol |
Microbiol | Virology |
Statistics |
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3 |
Immunol |
Microbiol | Virology |
Statistics |
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4 |
Immunol |
Microbiol | Virology |
Statistics |
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5 |
Immunol |
Microbiol | Virology |
Stats (exam) |
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6 |
Canc Biol |
Drug Discovery | Int Mol Diag |
Microbiol |
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7 |
Canc Biol |
Drug Discovery | Int Mol Diag |
Microbiol |
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8 |
Canc Biol |
Drug Discovery | Int Mol Diag |
Microbiol |
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9 |
Canc Biol |
Drug Discovery | Int Mol Diag | Microbiol |
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| 10 | Canc Biol | Drug Discovery | I.M.D. (exam) | - essays - | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Virology | Immunol | Drug Discovery | Cancer Biol | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Virology | Immunol | Drug Discovery | Cancer Biol | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Virology | Immunol | Drug Discovery | Cancer Biol | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Virology | Immunol | Drug Discovery | Cancer Biol | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | -- Exam: answer one question from three, for each of the five topics -- | |||||||||||||||||||||
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