BIO 6351: Immunobiology

The University of Texas at Dallas

Spring, 2006
Syllabus (Version 1.0)

TEXT: “The Immune System”, 2nd Edition, Peter Parham (2005)

CLASS HOURS: Friday, 2:00-4:45 pm, FO 3.616

Dr. J. G. Burr, Office: FO 3.714 Office Hours: Wed: 3:00-4:00pm. Phone: 883-2508 Email: burr@utdallas.edu

Your grade for this course will be based on the three exams and a class presentation.
Grades and other course information will be posted on the course web page:
http://www.utdallas.edu/biology/graduates/latest.html) Find BIO 6351 on the list, and click on my name.

Grad.
Stud.
Class Date Lecture Topic Chapter Speaker Topic
No.

1/13 Overview of the immune system. 1 - -

1/20 Overview of the immune system (cont’d) 1 - -

1/27 Overview of the immune system (cont’d) 1 - -

2/3 Antibodies and the generation of antibody 2 - -

diversity

2/10 Antigen recognition by T-cells: the T -cell 3 (Review for exam)

receptor, MHC-1, MHC-II.

2/17 Exam I (Chapters 1, 2)

2/24 The development of B lymphocytes 4 TBA TBA

3/3 The development of T lymphocytes 5 TBA TBA

3/10 Spring Break

3/17 T-cell mediated immunity. 6 (Review for exam)

10 3/24 Exam II (Chapters 3-5)

11 3/31 T-cell mediated immunity (cont’d) 6 TBA TBA

12 4/7 T-cell mediated immunity: CTLs, apoptosis. 6 TBA TBA

13 4/14 Immunity mediated by B cells & antibodies. 7 TBA TBA

14 4/21 Complement; Body’s defenses against 8 (Review for exam)

infection: innate immunity.

15 4/28 Exam III (Chapters 6-8)