IMMUNOBIOLOGY SCHEDULE

BIOL 423       Fall 2007    Rice University   Dr. Alma Moon Novotny

 

Date

Topic

Text Chapter

August  27

Overview

1

     29 - 31

Cells and Organs of the System

2

Sept.  3

Labor Day, no class

 

Sept. 5

Innate Immunity

3

     7 - 10

Antigens and Antibodies

4

     12 - 14

Immunoglobulin Genes

5

     17 - 19

B-cell Development and Maturation

11

      21

Assays

Pages 153-158

     24

Exam I

 

     26 - 28

Complement

7

  Oct. 1 - 3

MHC Complex and Antigen Presentation

8

        5 - 8

T-cell Receptors

9

      10-12

T Cell Development

10

Oct. 15

Fall Recess, no class

 

      17 - 19

Cytokines:  Signaling 

12

      22

Exam II

 

      24

Leukocyte Activation and Migration

13

      26-29

Cytotoxic T Cells and Cell-mediated Immunity

14

      31- Nov.2

Hypersensitivity and Allergy

15

Nov. 2 

Last Day to Drop

 

       5

Tolerance and Autoimmunity

16

       7 - 9

Transplantation Immunity

17

       12 - 14

Resisting Infectious Disease

18

       16 - 19

Vaccines and Passive Immunity

19

       21

Exam III (n.b. This is right before Thanksgiving.  If you are happy with your first two exams grades, you don’t have to take it.  You can just pick up a blank exam on the 27th.)

 

       23

No class- Thanksgiving Break

 

       26 - 28

Defects of the Immune System

20

       Dec. 3

Immune System and Cancer

21

        5

Review by Disease

 

        7

Comprehensive 2-pt quiz

 

       12- 19

Final Exam Period

 

 

 

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