Immunology

Syllabus: BIOB 410 – Immunology

Textbook: Kuby Immunology 8th edition (LaunchPad + Loose Leaf Sheets)

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Key Concepts (Spring 2019)

• Rather than study questions, the daily writing prompts for this course will be the “key concepts” in the textbook, which are new to this edition of Kuby Immunology.

Study Questions (Spring 2018)

• Intro to Immunology – LaB Video
• Intro to Immunology Questions (Chapter 1 Days 1 & 2) – Jan 10 and 12
• Cells of the Immune System (Chapter 2 Day 1) – Jan 17
• Lymphoid Cells (Chapter 2 Day 2) – Jan 19
• Primary and Secondary Lymphoid Organs (Chapter 2 Day 3) – Jan 22
• Receptor-Ligand Interactions (Chapter 3 Day 1) – Jan 24
• Signaling: Common Pathways and Strategies (Chapter 3 Day 2) – Jan 26
• Antibody Structure and BCR/TCR Signaling (Chapter 3 Day 3) – Jan 29
• Properties of Cytokines (Chapter 4 Day 1) – Feb 5
• Six Cytokine Families (Chapter 4 Day 2) – Feb 7
• Final Thoughts on Cytokines (Chapter 4 Day 3) – Feb 9
• Intro to Innate Immunity (Chapter 5 Day 1) – Feb 12
• PRR Families and Interferon-Induced Antiviral Immunity (Chapter 5 Day 2) – Feb 14
• Regulation of Innate Immunity (Chapter 5 Day 3) – Feb 16
• Survey of Complement Pathways (Chapter 6 Day 1) – Feb 21
• Diverse Complement Functions (Chapter 6 Day 2) – Feb 26
• Lymphocyte Receptors are Encoded by a Few Genes (Chapter 7 Day 1) – March 2
• Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination(Chapter 7 Day 2) – March 5
• Putting Lymphoid Cell Receptors Together (Chapter 7 Day 3) – March 19
• MHC Molecule Structure, Function, and Inheritance (Chapter 8 Day 1) March 21
• MHC Diversity and Antigen Presentation Pathways (Chapter 8 Day 2) March 23-26
• Early Thymocyte Development (Chapter 9 Day 1) April 2
• T Cell Development – Selection and More Selection (Chapter 9 Day 2) April 4
• Wrapping Up T Cell Development (Chapter 9 Day 3) April 6
• T Cell and APC Signals 1, 2, and 3! (Chapter 11 Day 1) April 11
• T Cell Differentiation (Chapter 11 Day 2) April 13
• Memory T Cell (Don’t) Know-How (Chapter 11 Day 3) April 16
• B Cells Meet T Cells in the Middle (Chapter 12 Day 1) April 18
• B Cell Life after Split with T Cell (Chapter 12 Day 2) April 20
• B Cell Subsets (Some Similarities with T Cell Subsets) (Chapter 12 Day 3) April 23