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Course Info from Fall 2007 Course Catalog:

Title: BIOL 265: Immunology
Class Meets: 9-9:50 MWF, 8-9:50Tues (Chamberlin 237) & lab 1-3:50 TH (Chamberlin 206)
Instructor: Dr. Demetrius Gravis

Course Description:
This course introduces the development and function of the immune system, with an emphasis on the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating normal immunity and immune system diseases.  Course material will cover humoral and cellular immunity, innate and adaptive immunity, and evolutionarily conserved immune defense mechanisms shared between vertebrate and invertebrate organisms.  This course will examine clinically relevant topics including allergy and inflammation, vaccines and molecular medicine, autoimmunity, transplant immunology, immune deficiencies, and cancer immunotherapy as well as immune responses to pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites.  Lecture material will include the basic structure, function, and regulation of the organs, cells, and molecules of the immune system.  Class discussions will examine immunological topics in cutting edge scientific research, clinical case presentations and diagnoses, and the impact of immunology on public health and society. The laboratory exercises will encompass both classical immunological techniques as well as modern molecular and cellular immunology research techniques.