Module MZ4121-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Nutritional Medicine 2023, optional subject, Infection Biology
• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, optional subject, Infection Biology
• Master MLS 2018, optional subject, Infection Biology
• Master MLS 2016, optional subject, cell biology

Classes and lectures:

• Specific Topics of Infection Biology (seminar, 2 SWS)
• Specific Topics of Infection Biology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 120 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Infectious diseases, viral, prokaryotic and eukaryotic infectious agents, parasites, zoonotic diseases
• Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial chemotherapy, mechanisms of resistance against antiviral and antibacterial drugs
• Intracellular pathogens, molecular mechanisms of intracellular survival, Mycobacteria
• Antimicrobial immune mechanisms, compartments and regulation of antimicrobial defence, allergy
• Immune therapy and vaccination, mechanisms of the induction of specific T-cell and B-cell mediated protective immunity, adjuvants, DNA vaccines
• Experimental techniques in the infection biology, in vitro and ex vivo methods, experimental animal models of infectious diseases, gene knock-out mice, gene manipulated infectious agents
• Immune deficiencies, immunosuppressive chemotherapy and its consequences, retroviruses, HIV-AIDS
• Epidemiology of infectious diseases, zoonoses

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Detailed knowledge of infectious agents, infectious diseases and their pathomechanisms
• Detailed understanding of antimicrobial defence mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level. Understanding the mechanisms of vaccination and immune deficiencies.
• Knowledge of in vivo and in vitro techniques of infection biology.

Grading through:

• oral presentation
• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Jan Rupp

Teacher:

• Department of Infectiology
• Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center
• Institute of Virology and Cell Biology
• Institute of Medical Microbiology
• Prof. Dr. med. Jan Rupp
• Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Dallenga
• Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Hölscher
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Norbert Reiling
• Dr. rer. nat. Bianca Schneider
• Prof. Dr. med. Tanja Lange
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Niemann
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Hoffmann, Dr. med.
• Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Hauptmann
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Merker
• Samyr Kenno, PhD
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Taube

Literature:

• Basics and new papers :

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.11.2024