UTMB-Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Program

Required and Offered Courses » Advanced Immunology

Fall 2009
Dates: August 31, 2008 - December 17, 2008 (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Times: 9:00-11:00 am
Room: 4.145 MRB
Course Number: MICR 6408

Class	Date	Instructor	Topic
1	09-01	Victor Reyes, PhD and Lynn Soong, MD/PhD Gregg Milligan, PhD	Course Overview & Proposal Writing
2	09-03	Janice Endsley, PhD	Introduction: Evolution of the Immune System
3	09-08	Rick Pyles, PhD	PAMP Receptors
4	09-10	Victor Reyes, PhD	Antigen presentation and processing
5	09-15	Ed Sherwood, MD, PhD	Complement
6	09-17	Frank Schmalstieg, MD, PhD	Integrins in the Immune Response
7	09-22	Lynn Soong, MD, PhD	Monocytes and Neutrophils in Host Defense
8	09-24	Gregg Milligan, PhD Tina Wang, PhD	Current Topics in Immunology
9	09-29	Janice Endsley, PhD	Immunologic Tools
10	10-01	Silvia Pierangeli, PhD	MHC and Generation of Diversity in Lymphocytes
11	10-06	Tina Wang, PhD	NK Cells & γδ T cells
12	10-08	Lynn Soong, MD, PhD	Dendritic Cells
13	10-13	Rolf Konig, PhD	T Cell Development and Signaling
EXAM	10-15	EXAM I	EXAM I
14	10-20	Mark Estes, PhD	B-Cell activation and Function
15	10-22	Jairen Sun, MD, PhD	T Cell Activation and Function
16	10-27	Gregg Milligan, PhD	Immunologic Memory
17	10-29	Victor Reyes, PhD Jairen Sun, MD, PhD	Mucosal and Hepatic Immunology
18	11-03	Stephen Wikel, PhD	Functional Anatomy of the Immune System
19	11-05	Nigel Bourne, PhD	Vaccine/Vaccine Development
20	11-10	Stephen Wikel, PhD	Immune Deficiencies
21	11-12	Tracy Toliver-Kinsky, PhD	Immunological REsponses to Trauma
22	11-17	Gary Klimpel, PhD	Autoimmunity and T Cell Tolerance
23	11-19	Christina Rastellini, MD	Organ Transplantation
24	11-24	EXAM	Topics 12-23
25	11-26	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
26	12-014	Grant Papers Due to Martha by 9AM	Grant Papers Due to Martha by 9AM
27	12-03	Student Presentations	Research Proposals
28	12-03	Student Presentations	Research Proposals

Advanced Immunology Course Policies, Fall Semester 2009

Grading.
Three exams will be given over the duration of the course; the dates are indicated on the schedule. All exams will be of the essay type. The exam will be taken in class. The exams will comprise 80% of the final grade. A grant proposal and oral presentation (described below) will comprise 20% of the final grade. The grant proposal will be due on or before 9:00 a.m. December 1^st. Late submissions will not be accepted. Oral presentation dates are indicated on the course schedule.

Test, grant proposal, and oral presentation make-up policy.
Make-up tests will only be allowed in emergency situations which would preclude the student from physically being present. Emergency situations are defined as incapacitating illnesses or family emergencies. There will be no deviation from this policy.

Grant proposal and oral presentation.
A grant proposal (10-12 double spaced pages in length) will be prepared by the student on any significant topic in the field of immunology. An oral presentation (30 - 45 minutes) covering the grant proposal topic will be given at the semester’s end. The students and attendant faculty will grade the oral presentation.

Students are required to complete a course evaluation form as part of their overall course requirements. Typically, your constructive comments are in exchange for your graded exams. If a completed evaluation form is not received, an "I" Incomplete grade will be reported to the Office of Enrollment Services. If the course requirements are not completed within 30 days, the grade automatically converts to an "F" Failure grade.

Revised: August 28, 2009

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