Lectures, coursework/Laboratory work

MANDATORY ATTENDANCES – LECTURES :  Laboratory work only

Communication with students (via e-class) for easy access to teaching material and the organization of tutorials and group learning to elaborate research skills

Module Objectives (Key learning benefits):

1. The understanding of immunology as a key life science
2. The learning of basic immune mechanisms
3. The understanding of (a) pathogenic immune mechanisms, (b) immune diagnostic methods, και (c) immune therapeutic interventions
4. Gain of understating of how immune drugs work (vaccines, monoclonal antibodies etc.)

Standard Requirements

Core skills on research data gathering, analysis and merging-using the appropriate technology

Learning in an international and  interdisciplinary environment

1. Introduction in Immunology (2 hrs)
2. Innate and Cellular Immunity. Cytokines – Phagocytosis – Inflammation – Complement (2 hrs)
3. Major Histocompatibility Complex. Antigens – Antibodies – Immune complexes (2 hrs)
4. B cell maturation, differentiation and activation (2 hrs)
5. TCR complex – T cell maturation and differentiation – T cell peripheral differentiation (2 hrs)
6. Antigen presentation, innate and cellular immunity crosstalk and immune memory (1 hr)
7. immune response modulation (immune tolerance) (1 hr)
8. Transplantation immunology (1 hr)
9. Immunology of infectious diseases – the role of the microbiome in immunology (1 hr)
10. Autoimmunity – autoimmune disease (1 ώρα)
11. Autoinflammatory disease (1 hr)
12. Cancer immunology (1 hr)
13. Immune response damage on host – IgE-mediated allergic reactions (2 hrs)
14. Innate and acquired immunodeficiencies (2 hrs)
15. Laboratory investigation of immunodeficiencies (2 hrs)
16. Vaccines (1 hr)
17. Immune-interImmune methods in diagnostics – immunoenzymatic methods (2 hrs)
18. Flow cytometry (2 hrs)

20. Molecular Immunology (2 hrs)

– All students are provided with (in electronic form): lecture notes and presentations, summary coursework questions

Recommended literature:

1. Selected reviews from International Journals
2. David Male, Stokes Peebles, Victoria Male. Immunology, 9^th Edition/2021
3. Abbas KA, Lichtman AH. Basic Immunology. 2004