Lecture 1: April 4th

Overview of the Immune System, Adaptive vs. Innate Immunity read Chapter 1

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Lecture 2: April 6th

Innate Immunity. Read Chapter 8 sections 1-15, skip section 16.

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Lecture 3: April 11th

Adaptive Immunity, Read Chapter 8 sections 17-27.

Lecture 3 (pdf)

Discussion Figures (pdf)

Lecture 4: April 13th

Antibodies: What are they, what do they do and how do they come to be? Read chapter 2.

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Lecture 5: April 18th

Rearrangement of Antibody genes to generate diverse antigen binding—somatic recombination. Read chapter 2.

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Lecture 6: April 20th

Antibody Isotypes, Antibody function.  Chapter 2 cont.

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Lecture 7: April 25th  

Exam 1, covering all material covered and reading material assigned for lectures 1-6.

Lecture 8: April 27th

T cell recognition of antigen: T Cell Receptor. Read Chapter 3.

Lecture 8 (pdf)

Last day to drop without a W April 28th

Lecture 9: May 2th

T cell recognition of antigen: Antigen presentation by the Major Histocompatibility Complex molecules. Chapter 3.

Lecture 9 and 10 (pdf)

Lecture 10: May 4th

T cell development. Read chapter 5.

Lecture 11: May 9th

T cell development cont. Chapter 5.

Lectures 11 and 12 (pdf)

Lecture 12: May 11th

T cell development cont. Chapter 5.

Lecture 13 May 16th

B cell development. Read chapter 4.

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Lecture 14: May 18th 

T cell activation. Read chapter 6.

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Lecture 15: May 23rd Exam 2 covering all material covered and reading material assigned up to lecture 13.

Lecture 16: May 25th

T cell activation cont. B and T cell collaboration. Read chapter 6 and 7.

Lecture 16 (pdf)

Lecture 17: May 30th

B cell activation and antibody mediated immunity.  Read chapter 7. 

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Lecture 18: June 1st

Hypersensitivity, Immunodeficiency and Failures of the immune response. Read chapters 9 and 10.

Lecture 18 (pdf)

Last day to drop with a W June 2nd

Lecture 19: June 6th

Vaccines, Autoimmunity and Transplantation.  Read chapters 11 and 12. 

Lecture 19 (pdf)

Lecture 20: June 8th 

Human immunology cont. Chapters 11 and 12. 

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