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Date

Topic

Textbook Chapter

Lecturer

1

Wed. Feb. 11

Introduction and Overview of the Course

Chapt. 1

Bocarsly

Mon. Feb. 16

NO CLASS – PRESIDENTS’ DAY

2

Wed. Feb. 18

Cells and Organs of the Immune System

Chapt. 2

Ponzio

3

Mon. Feb. 23

Antigens and Antibodies

Chapt. 4, 6

Coffman

4

Wed. Feb. 25

Innate Immunity

Chapt. 3

Bocarsly

5

Mon. Mar. 2

Organization and expression of Immunoglobulin genes and the T cell Receptor

Chapt. 5
Chapt. 9

Raveche

6

Wed. Mar. 4

Complement

Chapt 7

Ponzio

7

Mon. Mar. 9

The MHC

Chapt. 8

Rohowsky-Kochan

8

Wed. Mar. 11

Antigen processing and presentation

Chapt. 8

Bocarsly

9

Mon. Mar.16

T cell maturation and differentiation

Chapt. 10

Rohowsky-Kochan

10

Wed. Mar. 18

T cell activation

Chapt. 10

Bocarsly

11

Mon. Mar. 23

B-cell generation, activation and differentiation

Chapt. 11

Raveche

12

Wed. Mar. 25

SNOW DAY/MAKE-UP

13

Mon. Mar. 30

EXAM, Lect. 1-11

14

Wed. Apr. 1

Cytokines

Chapt. 12

Cohen

15

Mon. Apr. 6

Cell-mediated Immunity

Chapt. 14

Ponzio

16

Wed. Apr. 8

Leukocyte Activation and migration

Chapt. 13

Salgame

17

Mon. Apr. 13
Date changed

Experimental Systems in Immunology

Chapt. 22

Fernandes

18

Wed. Apr. 15

Hypersensitivity Reactions
(types I-IV)

Chapt. 15

Cohen

19

Mon. Apr. 20
Date changed

Tolerance and autoimmunity

Chapt. 16

Raveche

20

Wed. Apr. 22

Transplantation Immunology

Chapt. 17

Rohowsky-Kochan

21

Mon. Apr. 27

Immune Response to Infectious Disease

Chapt. 18

Bocarsly

22

Wed. Apr. 29

Mucosal Immunology

Recom.
Janeway
Chapt. 11

Cohen

23

Mon. May 4

Cancer and the Immune System

Chapter 21

Ponzio

24

Wed. May 6

Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies (not HIV)

Chapt. 20

Cohen

25

Mon. May 11

Comparative Immunology and Evolution of the Immune System

Recom:
Janeway
Chapt. 16

Yap

26

Wed. May 13

HIV and the immune system

Chapt. 20

Bocarsly

27

Mon. May 18

Vaccines and Immunotherapy

Chapt. 19

Bocarsly

28

Wed May 20

Neuroimmunology

Handout

Rohowsky-Kochan

Mon. May 25

MEMORIAL DAY – NO CLASS

29

Wed. May 27

Class Review

FACULTY

30

Mon. June 1

COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION