Course code:
475B2
Course name:
Selected Chapters of Immunochemistry

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

doctoral academic studies

Study programs:

Biochemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E72B2) course

Biochemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E71B2) course

Biochemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E74B2) course

Biochemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E73B2) course

Teacher:

Marija Đ. Gavrović Jankulović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: five hours of lectures + three hours of study research work

Goals:

The aim of the course is to broaden student knowledge in the field of contemporary immunochemistry.

Outcome:

A student will acquire novel knowledge of the molecular basis of modern immunology with training for independent scientific research.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, and defense of seminars.

Extracurricular activities:

Coursebooks:

  1. Roitt, Brostoff, Male, Mosby: Immunology
  2. Selected review papers

Additional material:

  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

20 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

Lecture topics are aligned with the thematic-area of the doctoral studies or perform scientific research of the student. The basic principles of the processes that affect the functioning of the immune system: structure, identify and respond to different signals, development, growth, defense against infection, and their impact on the functioning of the organism as a whole. Hypersensitivity: mechanisms of damage. Tumor immunology. Primary and secondary immunodeficiency.

Semester papers:

30 points

Oral exam:

50 points

Study research work:

0 points (3 hours a week)