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Høst 2024
ERN-2013 Immunology, pharmacology, epigenetics and microbiology - 7 stp
The course is administrated by
Institutt for medisinsk biologi
Type of course
This course is only available for students enrolled in the bachelor's program in nutrition and exchange students on approved exchange agreements for the bachelor program in nutrition at UiT.
Course overlap
ERN-2003 Immunology, pharmacology, epigenetics and microbiology 5 ects
Course contents
This course focus on four topics that have great impact on the health conditions of humans. These areas are immunology, which is how the immune system protects the host from pathogenic microorganisms. Cell communication and signal pathways is the learning objective in epigenetics. The course will also include pharmacology, which concerns how drugs work on the cellular and physiological level and what the body do to eliminate these drugs. In microbiology you will learn about the composition of the microbiota, and the effect of gut microbiota on health and disease.
Obligatory prerequisites
ERN-2009 Human physiology, MBI-1002 Cell- and molecular biology
Objective of the course
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
Knowledge
- Explain how the immune system is activated by infection, both via innate and adaptive responses
- Explain microbiota and its effects on health and disease
- Explain pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs
- Explain how heredity and environment can affect gene expression
Skills
- Communicate the health effects of microbiota, drugs, immune system and environmental influence of diet on cell communication.
- Identify relevant information and present it orally within immunology, pharmacology, epigenetics and microbiology.
Competence
- Apply knowledge and skills on how the body can be affected by microbiota, drugs, immune responses, and environmental impact on gene expression.
- Apply knowledge and skills about immunology in education and research in discussions related nutrition and disease using a scientific approach
- Apply critical thinking skills
Language of instruction
English
Teaching methods
Teaching will take the form of lectures, group work, presentations, and fellow student assessments.