UTMB-Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Program

Required and Offered Courses » Advanced Immunology

Fall 2008
Dates: 08-25, 2008 - 12-12, 2008 (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Times: 9:00-11:00 am
Room: 4.145 MRB
Course Number: MICR 6408

Class	Date	Instructor	Topic
1	08-26	Victor Reyes, Ph.D. and Lynn Soong, M.D./Ph.D. Gregg Milligan, Ph.D.	Course Overview
2	08-28	Janice Endsley, Ph.D.	Introduction: Evolution of the Immune System
3	09-02	Silvia Pierangeli, Ph.D.	MHC and Generation of Diversity in Lymphocytes
4	09-04	Victor Reyes, Ph.D.	Antigen presentation and processing
5	09-09	Gary Klimpel, Ph.D.	T Cell Development and Differentiation
6	09-11	Rolf Konig, Ph.D.	T Cell Signaling
7	09-16	Jairen Sun, M.D./Ph.D.	T Cell Activation and Function
8	09-18	Lynn Soong, M.D./Ph.D.	Dendritic Cells
9	09-23	Dorothy Lewis, Ph.D.	Immunologic Tools
10	09-25	Janice Endsley, Ph.D. Lynn Soong, M.D./Ph.D.	Grant Writing
EXAM	09-30	EXAM I	EXAM I
11	10-02	Lynn Soong, M.D., Ph.D.	Current Topics in Immunology
12	10-07	Randall Goldblum, Ph.D.	Hypersensitivity
13	10-07	Greg Milligan, Ph.D.	Immunologic Memory
14	10-14	Kent Tseng, Ph.D.	NK Cells & Innate Immunity
15	10-16	Mark Estes, Ph.D.	Regulation of humoral immune responses
16	10-21	Rick Pyles, Ph.D.	TLR
17	10-23	Frank Schmalstieg, M.D./Ph.D.	Role of Integrins in the Immune Response
18	10-28	Ed Sherwood, M.D./Ph.d.	Complement
19	10-30	Christina Rastellini, M.D.	Organ Transplantation
20	11-04	Victor Reyes, Ph.D. Jairen Sun, M.D./Ph.D.	Mucosal and Hepatic Immunology
21	11-06	Nigel Bourne, Ph.D.	Vaccine/Vaccine Development
	11-11	Veteran's Day	Holiday
22	11-13	Edward Brooks, M.D.	Immunodeficiencies
23	11-18	Eric Smith, Ph.D.	Neuro-immunology
24	11-20	Gregg Milligan, Ph.D.	Viral Immunology
25	11-15	Prem Christadoss, M.D.	Autoimmunity and T Cell Tolerance
	11-27	Thanksgiving Holiday	Thanksgiving Holiday
	12-02	Grant Papers Due to Martha by 9:00 a.m.
26	12-04	Student Presentations	Student Presentations
27	12-09	Student Presentations	Student Presentations
28	12-11	Student Presentations	Student Presentations
EXAM	12-11	FINAL EXAM	FINAL EXAM

Advanced Immunology Course Policies, Fall Semester 2008

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 85% of the final grade. A grant proposal and oral presentation (described below) will comprise 15% of the final grade. The grant proposal will be due on or before 9:00 a.m. December 2nd. 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: 08-26, 2008

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