Immunology

Know the general principles of immune response mechanisms. Know and understand the basics of therapeutic antibody design and production.
Be able to choose the most appropriate immunodetection techniques for characterizing a biomolecule of interest and using them in diagnostics.

Biology basics

Immunology I:

Introduction to the immune system: immune cells, innate and adaptive immune responses.
Cellular and molecular bases of the innate immune response (inflammatory reaction and phagocytic cells) and the adaptive immune response (B and T lymphocyte response).
Regulation and development of a humoral immune response against an antigen (vaccination).
In-depth knowledge of antibody synthesis (structure, functions) and the ontogeny of B lymphocytes.

Vaccines:

Principle, design and composition of the different types of vaccine. New vaccine technologies and strategies.



Understanding of immunochemical analytical techniques used to characterize biomolecules through exercises, analysis of protocols and results from scientific articles and diagnostic kits. Examples of techniques derived from immunology: ELISA, immunoblots, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, immunoelectromicroscopy, flow cytometry, monoclonal and polyclonal antibody generation.