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REVISED 4/2/03
Date Chapter Topic
Tu Jan 28 1 EM Introduction & overview
Th Jan 30 2 EM Cells of the immune system
Tu Feb 4 2 EM Organs of the immune system
Th Feb 6 3 EM Antigens
2/10 = Last day to add/drop with no record
Tu Feb 11 4 CLB Antibodies: Structure, Function
Th Feb 13 4-5 CLB Monoclonal antibodies
[Tu Feb 18 Monday Class Schedule]
Th Feb 20 Review for Evening Exam
*** 6:30-8:00 EVENING EXAMINATION Short Answers, Chapters 1-4 ***
Tu Feb 25 5 CLB Antibody genes and generation of diversity
Th Feb 27 6 CLB Antigen-antibody reactions
Tu Mar 4 7 EM Major histocompatibility complex
Th Mar 6 8 EM Antigen processing and presentation
Mon 3/10 = last day for grad drop with "DR"
Tu Mar 11 Review for Evening Exam
*** 6:30-8:00 EVENING EXAMINATION Short Answers, Chapters 1-8 ***
Th Mar 13 9 EM T-cell receptor
(3/17-21 = Spring Break)
Tu Mar 25 10 CLB T-cell maturation, activation, differentiation
Wed 3/26 = last day to drop with "W" for undergraduates
3/27 *** EXAM RE-WRITES DUE ***
Th Mar 27 10-11 CLB
4/1 Take-home exam questions handed out
Tu Apr 1 11 CLB B-cell generation, activation, differentiation
Th Apr 3 12 CLB Cytokines
Tu Apr 8 13 EM The complement system
Th Apr 10 14 CLB Cell-mediated effector responses (CTL, NK, DH)
Tu Apr 15 17 CLB Immune responses to infection
Th Apr 17 18 CLB Vaccines
4/22 *** TAKE-HOME EXAM ANSWERS DUE ***
Tu Apr 22 15 EM Leukocyte recirculation and inflammation
Th Apr 24 16 EM Hypersensitive reactions (immunopathologies)
Tu Apr 29 19 CLB AIDS and other immunodeficiencies
Th May 1 20 EM Autoimmunity
Tu May 6 21 EM Transplantation: tissue and organ grafting
Th May 8 22 EM Cancer and the immune system
Tu May 13 23 EM Experimental systems
TBA Discussion/Review for Final Exam
Sa May 17 8:00 AM *** FINAL EXAMINATION IN BARTLETT ROOM 65 ***
NOTE CHANGE OF PLACE DIFFERENT FROM
THE UMASS FINALS SCHEDULE!!
FINAL EXAM: OBJECTIVE - Chapters 1-23.