Graduate Studies


BIOL 53700 Immunobiology

Offering:
Spring, Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 23000 or 23100 or 27000 and 24100 or 28000. Note:  BIOL 41500 and BIOL 42000 are recommended as prerequisites.

Description:

BIOL 53700 is an introductory course intended for graduate and senior undergraduate students interested to learn why we don't die from a common cold and why you can't always give a kidney to your best friend.  This course will define the role of the immune system in fighting infection, its potential to prevent cancer, and describe how through the use vaccines people can avoid these illnesses.  We will also discuss the other side of the immune system, the one causing problems, such as autoimmunity, allergy, and transplant rejection.

Instructor(s):
Julia Kirshner 

E-mail:
jkirshne@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Text:  Janeway's Immunobiology
Year/Edition:  7th
ISBN:
Author(s):  Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul Travers, Mark Walport
Publisher:  Garland Science

Course Format:

BIOL 53700:

CRN

Instructional Type

Day

Time

Room(s)

38297

75-min Lecture

TTH

3:00-4:15

LILY G432



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