2003 Immunology Syllabus -- Microbiology 540
Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:15 Morrill IVN 201
Eric Martz, emartz@microbio.umass.edu, 577-3103/545-2325, Morrill IVN 10/Fernald 209, Office Hours: MW 3:30-4:30.
Cynthia L. Baldwin, cbaldwin@vasci.umass.edu, 545-3167/545-5543, Paige Hall (Dept. Vet. Animal Sci.), Office Hours: TBA.

Visit the class web site for information on grades, textbooks, and other important resources. www.bio.umass.edu/immunology/mic540hp.html
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.