MBI-3014 Infection, inflammation and immunity - 10 stp

The course includes the following main topics:

• Infectious agents (Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Parasites)
• Human microbiome and its impacts on health and disease
• Molecular infection biology and immune evasion
• Host responses to various types of infection
• Treatment strategies for infectious diseases
• Sterile inflammation and autoimmunity
• Histopathology of inflammation
• Experimental strategies in the field

The course is an elective course for students accepted to the Master´s program in Biomedicine.

The course can be taken as a singular course by students with a Bachelor´s degree in Biomedicine or similar (180 ECTS).

Recommended prerequisites: Basic knowledge at University Bachelor level in animal/human immunology and microbiology.

Application deadline for nordic applicants is 1st of December. Applicationcode: 9371

Admission requirements: see admission requirements for the Masterprogram in biomedicine

After the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge:

• discuss central characteristics of viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic infectious agents
• explain what is the human microbiome, and give examples of how the human microbiome is linked to health and disease states
• discuss the theoretical background of treatment strategies to infectious agents, including antibiotics and emergence of antimicrobial resistance, and alternative antimicrobial strategies.
• explain immune responses to infections caused by bacteria, virus, and eukaryotic organisms
• explain what is the human microbiome, and give examples of how the human microbiome is linked to health and disease states
• discuss mechanisms used by pathogens to cause infection
• explain and discuss causes and hallmarks of sterile inflammation and autoimmunity
• describe the basic histopathological features of inflammation caused by bacteria, virus, eukaryotic organisms, and autoimmunity

Skills:

• can analyze and assess different information sources about a course topic in a critical manner
• identify basic histological features of inflammation in tissue sections
• can define a research question within the course topics and identified relevant experimental methods for exploring the question

General proficiency:

• discuss ethical issues related to treatment of infectious agents/antimicrobial treatment
• communicate about topics in infection, inflammation, and immunity for peers both orally, and in writing
• Critically review a research report on the topics covered by the course