The aim of this course is to introduce the recognition of antigen, its role and role of MHC, immune receptors and signaling pathways, development of lymphocytes, adaptive immune system principles, mechanisms of effector immune responses, newly defined cells and signaling pathways and new developments in immunology. Students will prepare a presentation for scheduled topic. The assessment of the students will be done according to their final examination and performances in presentations and participation to scientific discussion.

This course aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the role of immunological mechanisms in the development and treatment of diseases. Clinician-scientists will explain the course, and the topics will be covered through diseases that are their research areas. The topics will be handled interactively with new literature. Students will be assessed based on their final exams and their performance in presentations and their participation in the scientific discussion.

This course will start with a discussion of the unique immunity of the nervous system at the anatomical and cellular level together with the basics of the development of immune reactions in the central and peripheral nervous systems. After that, pathogenesis, clinical features, biomarker studies and current state-of the art of diagnostic procedures and treatment of the autoimmune neurological diseases will be discussed. In addition, recent studies on the relationship between neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration will be covered in terms of methods, major findings, and reflections on treatment.

The critical function of the immune system is to distinguish self from non-self. In this course, the tolerance mechanisms, the cells that play a role in the development of tolerance, the mechanisms of the breakdown of tolerance, the role of genetic and environmental factors in the development of autoimmunity, and the mechanisms involved in the development of autoimmune diseases and pathogenesis, their animal models, autoinflammatory diseases and hypersensitivity responses will be explained. Topics will be discuss interactively with new literature. Students will be assessed based on their final exams and their performance in presentations and their participation in the scientific discussion.

Introduce the recognition of antigen, its role and role of MHC, immune receptors and signaling pathways, development of lymphocytes, adaptive immune system principles, mechanisms of effector immune responses, newly defined cells and signaling pathways and new developments in immunology.

This course aims to explain the immunological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of infections and pathogen-related virulence factors, the molecular epidemiology of infections and the mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial therapies. The course will be interactive with a predominantly focused education model and will be supported by discussions of articles on the agenda.

The Transplant Immunology course will shed light on the different mechanisms involved in the recipient’s post-transplant adaptive and innate alloimmunity against solid organs, tissues and cells culminating into either graft tolerance or graft (acute or chronic) rejection. Another aspect of this course is to identify bottlenecks in the comprehension of the immunological interface between rejection of solid organs after transplantation and posttransplant clinical complications. In addition to immunosuppression, mechanisms pertaining to desensitization and tolerance induction will be taught. This will enable us to provide the state-of-the-art of novel approaches aiming to better monitor the transplanted graft for improved graft and patient outcomes. To that end, students will be required to select, present and discuss one new method involved in either pre transplantation organ desensitization or post transplantation induction of long-term organ tolerance. Furthermore, we will provide a profound and multidisciplinary explanation of assessment techniques to work out the eligibility of donor and recipient. The overarching goal is to build a solid understanding of transplantation immunity leading to discovery research that expedites the development of new therapies for transplant recipients.