Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Contact: Dolores JARAQUEMADA, Professor of Immunology
e-mail : dolores.jaraquemada@uab.cat
Keywords: mucosa, immune response to bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites, microbial evasion, regulation, vaccines, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV
Aims of “Immune response to pathogens”:
1. MALT: immune response to pathogens in the mucosal surfaces
2. Immune response to bacteria:
2.1 Bacteria-induced pathology;
2.2 Immune response to S aureus, B anthracis, Salmonella spp;
2.3 Specialist seminars: Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
2.4 Specialist seminar: From basic research to vaccine development;
2.5 Specialist seminar: Exploitation of the immune responses to Listeria monocytogenes in next generation of cancer immunotherapy
3. Immune response to fungi: Specialist seminar: Immunodeficiencies and infection by Candida spp
4. Immune response to parasites:
4.1 Parasite-induced pathology;
4.2 Specialist seminars: Infection by Plasmodium falciparum;
4.3 Specialist seminars: Infection by Plasmodium falciparum;
4.4 Specialist seminars: Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi;
5. Immune response to virus:
5.1 Virus-induced pathology;
5.2 Infection by Measles virus, Influenza virus, Cytomegalovirus;
5.3 Specialist seminars: Infection by HIV
6. Group presentations by students
Speakers:
Immunology Teaching Staff from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Other speakers will be invited based on their excellence. The tutorials involve review sessions and discussions covering various topics including the latest advances in specific pathogens.
Learning outcomes:
The course is intended for the students to achieve a full understanding of the relationship between the type of immune response and characteristics of the pathogen: the way and the anatomical site of entry, the effector mechanisms of response and evasion. Understanding the relationships between a potential pathogen and its host.
Updated on April 9, 2019
