Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Contact: ROURA-MIR Carme, Associate Professore-mail : carme.roura@uab.cat
Keywords : primary and secondary immune organs, cell traffic, homing, lymphocyte development, tolerance induction, adaptive immune response in lymph nodes, spleen, mucosa, immunological memory
Aims of “Functional anatomy of the immune response” :
1. Anatomy of the immune system; 2. Histology of the immune system
3. Functional anatomy: primary organs. Lymphocyte development, selection, tolerance
4. The immune system and the lymphocyte traffic: homing
5. Functional anatomy: the adaptive immune response. Lymph nodes and spleen
6. Functional anatomy: the immune response in mucosa
7. Histology Laboratory Practicals;
8. Histology Laboratory Practicals;
9. Tutorial
Speakers:
Dr. Carme Roura-Mir, Head of the Teaching Unit, Senior Lecturer in Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology (BCFI), UAB
Dr. Mercè Martí, Senior Lecturer in Immunology, BCFI, UAB
Dr. Ricardo Pujol-Borrell, Professor of Immunology, BCFI, UAB
Dr. Dolores Jaraquemada, Professor of Immunology, BCFI, UAB
Dr. Martí Pumarola, Professor of Histology, Department of Animal Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UAB
Dr. Miguel Vicente-Manzanares, Senior Investigator, CSIC Cancer Centre, Salamanca
Learning outcomes:
The course is intended for the students to achieve a full understanding on the location, distribution, structureand function of the different anatomical components of the immune system and its interconnection with the rest of the body systems.
Updated on April 9, 2019
