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Microbiology Ph. D. Program
General Graduate School Information
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Deadlines and Test Requirements
Criteria for Satisfactory Progress
MMI Graduate Courses
MMI 677 Vaccines: Past, Present & Future
MMI 720 Topics in Immunology
MMI 740 Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis
MMI 773 Eukaryotic Microbial Pathogenesis
MMI 900 Journal Club Schedule
MMI 901 Seminar Schedule
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MMI 720 Topics in Immunology - Fall 2009
Director: Jenny Gumperz, Ph.D., Room 4157 Microbial Sciences Building, 263-6902, jegumperz@wisc.edu
Date/Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 4:00 – 5:15 PM
Location: Room 1420 Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive
Prequisites: MMI/Ahabs/Bact 528 or equiv.
Credits: 3
Catalogue Description: Advanced course with lecture-discussion format. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of regulation of the immune response.
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Description |
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Course Introduction |
| Thurs, Sept 3 |
Course overview, 1st assignment handed out
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| Tues, Sept 8 |
Discussion of 1st assignment |
| Thurs, Sept 10 |
Discussion: identifying research questions |
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Topic 1: T Cell Antigen Specificity |
| Tues, Sept 15 |
Discuss review articles:
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| Thurs, Sept 17 |
Discuss research articles:
T1 writing assignment assigned |
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Topic 2: Beneficial Microbes |
| Tues, Sept 22 |
Discuss review article:
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| Thurs, Sept 24 |
Seminar: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, UW Dept. MMI
T1 writing assignment due |
| Tues, Sept 29 |
Discuss research articles:
T2 assigned |
| Thurs, Oct 1 |
Discussion of written assignments |
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Topic 3: The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor System |
| Tues, Oct 6 |
Discuss review article:
(Class led by Dr. Subramanya Hegde) |
| Thurs, Oct 8 |
Seminar: Dr. Chuck Czuprynski, UW Dept. Pathobiological Sciences
T2 assignment due |
| Tues, Oct 13 |
Discuss research articles:
T3 assigned |
| Thurs, Oct 15 |
Discussion of written assignments |
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Student presentations I |
| Tues, Oct 20 |
Short oral presentations |
| Thurs, Oct 22 |
Short oral presentations
T3 due |
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Topic 4: B Lymphoma |
| Tues, Oct 27 |
Discuss papers:
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| Thurs, Oct 29 |
Seminar: Dr. Erik Ranheim, UW Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine T4 assigned |
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Student presentations II |
| Tues, Nov 3 |
Short oral presentations |
| Thurs, Nov 5 |
Short oral presentations
T4 due |
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Topic 5: Leukocyte motility and migration |
| Tues, Nov 10 |
Discuss papers:
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| Thurs, Nov 12 |
Seminar: Dr. Anna Huttenlocher, UW Dept. MMI T5 assigned |
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Topic 6: T cell Anergy |
| Tues, Nov 17 |
Discuss papers:
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| Thurs, Nov 19 |
Seminar: Dr. Chris Seroogy
T5 due, T6 assigned |
| Tues, Nov 24 |
Writing workshop |
| Thurs, Nov 26 |
Holiday |
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Topic 7: Immune regulation in the GI tract |
| Tues, Dec 1 |
Discuss papers:
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| Thurs, Dec 3 |
Discussion with Dr. Thad Stappenbeck, Washington University School of Medicine
T6 due |
| Fri, Dec 4 |
Special seminar: Dr. Thad Stappenbeck |
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Topic 8: NK cell immune synapses |
| Tues, Dec 8 |
Discuss papers:
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| Thurs, Dec 10 |
Seminar: Dr. Manish Patankar, UW Dept. Ob/Gyn
T7/T8 assigned |
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Wrapping up |
| Tues, Dec 15 |
T7/T8 due |
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