Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
David Raftos
Contact via david.raftos@mq.edu.au
Co-Convener
Emma Thompson
Contact via email only
Michelle Power
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(12cp in BIOL units at 200 or 300 level) or admission to GCertBiotech
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit studies the relationship between infectious micro-organisms, and the animals and plants that they infect. The unit also focuses on the effects of environmental change on the ability of organisms to cope with disease. It begins by investigating the ecology of disease and the way it moulds the immune systems of plants and animals. We then describe the basic paradigms used by plants and animals to detect the presence of infectious agents and activate immune responses against them. The unit ends by discussing the key methods used by different organisms to kill pathogens and overcome infection. Throughout the unit we focus on systems that have direct relevance to medicine, agriculture or aquaculture, highlighting new discoveries that are changing the face of modem immunology.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Final examination | 50% | No | Exam Period |
Midsemester test | 10% | No | TBA |
Practical reports | 30% | No | One week after each prac class |
Seminar | 10% | No | TBA |
Due: Exam Period
Weighting: 50%
Due: TBA
Weighting: 10%
Midsemester test will be comprised of multiple choice questions that are designed to assess your understanding in terms of both lecture material and practical classes.
Due: One week after each prac class
Weighting: 30%
You will be required to answer a series of questions based on each practical. Answers to these questions must be submitted in the week following the practical.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 10%
Groups of four students will prepare and present a short (20 minute) seminar on a selected topic.
Classes
Required and Recommended texts and/or materials
When reading this textbook, you should remember that Biol367 takes a different approach to teaching immunobiology, and so does not refer to concepts such as "innate" and "adaptive" immunity. So if there are apparent contradictions in the textbook, always refer back to the lectures as a guide. The textbook provides access to the Elsevier Evolve Learning website, which provides additional material such as animations of key processes.
· Lecture graphics will be available online on the unit website (via iLearn) prior to each lecture. There are 20 lectures in Biol367 covering the major topics of recognition, induction and effect. Each lecture has a series of learning objectives described in terms of Key Topics on the second slide of each lecture Powerpoint file. You will need to understand each of these key topics. The lecture graphics mainly use images from the textbook and from primary research articles and reviews. The written text on the graphics is kept to a minimum and you will need to fill in the gaps with your own notes from the lectures and, where necessary, from the textbook. The lecture series does not cover topics in the order in which they are presented in the textbook so that graphics for a single lecture may come from different chapters of the textbook.
Unit web page
BIOL367, IMMUNBIOLOGY – TIMTABLE, 2015
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DATE |
LECTURE |
PRACTICAL |
1 |
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1. Introduction to unit |
None |
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2. Summary of an immune response: recognition, induction and effect |
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2 |
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3. Self and not-self: why do animals and plants needs immune systems? |
Introduction to practical classes |
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4. Pathogens, parasites, competitors and symbionts |
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3 |
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5. Antigens and PAMPs: What defines not-self? |
1: Pattern recognition |
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6. Am I me, or not them? Recognition paradigms in plants and animals |
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4 |
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7. Pattern recognition molecules: lectins and Toll-like receptors |
2: Antibody structure |
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8. Hypervariable recognition molecules I: New immune response gene families of invertebrates and plants |
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5 |
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9. Hypervariable recognition molecules II: Antibodies and t-cell receptors |
3: Phagolysomal defence |
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10. Danger, anti-viral states and inflammation |
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6 |
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11. Intracellular antigens, antigen processing and presentation |
4: Proteolytic effector cascades I: Phenoloxidase |
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12. Activation of T-cells by processed antigens |
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7 |
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Mid semester test |
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No lecture |
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Mid semester break (Sept 20 - Oct 6) |
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8 |
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No lecture, (Labour Day public holiday, Monday) |
No practical classes (Labour Day public holiday, Monday) |
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13. Signalling, clonal selection and memory |
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9 |
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14. Autoreactivity and education: To thine own self be true |
5. Proteolytic effector cascades II: Complement |
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15. Plant defence I: R genes and AVR genes – the gene-for-gene model – recorded only |
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10 |
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16. Plant defence II: systemic acquired resistance – recorded only |
Seminars |
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17. Effector cascades: complement and phenoloxidase |
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11 |
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18. Antimicrobial proteins |
6: Clinical Immunology: The Immunology of Pregnancy |
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19. The phagolysosomal system |
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12 |
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20. Synthesis |
No pracs |
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No lectures |
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Task |
Weight (%) |
Due Date Internals |
Due Date Externals |
Linked Learning Outcomes |
Linked Graduate Capabilities |
Mid-semester Test |
10 |
tba |
tba |
1,2,3,4,5 |
1,2 |
Seminars |
10 |
tba |
tba |
5,6 |
2,4,5 |
Practical class reports |
30 |
One week following practical classes |
tba |
7,8 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
Final Exam |
50 |
exam period |
exam period |
1,2,3,4,5 |
1,2 |
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