spring 2014
MBI-8001 Molecular and clinical aspects of infection, inflammation and immunity - 10 ECTS

Type of course

The course is a part of the instruction component at the research school "Infection, inflammation and immunity"

Admission requirements

Applicants should be qualified for admission to PhD-program in infection, inflammation and/or immunology. PhD students at UiT that are not part of the research school "Infection, Inflammation and Immunity" and external PhD students will be evaluated by the course committee based upon their documented qualifications.

For application details: uit.no/helsefak/forskning/phd/emner


Course content

The course provides insight and knowledge of the research fields of antimicrobial drugs, pharmacoepidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, microbial adaption and evolution, resistance determinants, spread of resistance, microbial determinants for colonisation and infection, biofilm, host determinants for bacterial colonisation, host response, all aspects of innate and adaptive immune response to alloantigens, microbial antigens and autoantigens, and infection epidemiology.

Objectives of the course

From this course students are expected to achieve:

Knowledge about important questions, approaches, applied methods and research activities within selected topics within the research areas infection, inflammation and immunity.


Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

The course includes 35 hours lecture and 15 hours seminar and is scheduled to one 10 days period.

Assessment

Work requirements • Lectures and seminars are obligatory. • One Essay on a subject selected by the student. The essay should be in the form of a research proposal and follow the ERC/RCN outline. The Essay is evaluated by the student’s PhD supervisor and one from the course committee. Assessment One Oral presentation of a given scientific publication/subject appointed by the course committee. The Oral presentation is evaluated as passed/not passed. The course is given once each year. There are no means of continuation.

Recommended reading/syllabus

Lectures, seminars and the "hand outs" that are given during the course define the curriculum.

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Ukjent |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: MBI-8001
  • Tidligere år og semester for dette emnet