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Module Guide from winter term 2023/24

Modul MZ4121-KP06

Biology of Infections (Infek)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


6
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2023 (optional subject), Infection Biology, 2nd semester
  • Master Molecular Life Science 2023 (optional subject), Infection Biology, 2nd semester
  • Master MLS 2018 (optional subject), Infection Biology, 2nd semester
  • Master MLS 2016 (optional subject), cell biology, 2nd semester
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
Teachers:
  • 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:

Prerequisites for the module:
- nothing

Prerequisites for admission to the written examination:
- succesful participation in the seminar

Module exam:
- MZ4121-L1: Infection Biology, written exam, 60 min, 75% module grade
- MZ4121-L2: Infection Biology seminar, Seminar lecture, 25% module grade

Letzte Änderung:
28.11.2024