WEEK

DATES

TOPIC

CHAPTERS

1

August 18 – 20

Introduction to class August 18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskFjm1pKEs&feature=related

Overview of the immune system;

Cells and organs of the immune system;

Stem cells and Apoptosis

1-3

Chapter 1 PowerPoint

Chapter 1, part 2

Chapter 1, part 3

2

August 25 - 27

Continue chapters 1-3

Chapter 2, part 1

Chapter 2, part 2

Apoptosis poster

Apoptosis paper

Apoptosis figure

Chapter 3

3

Sept. 1-3

Finish chapters 1-3

September 3, Guest speaker

Dr. Alexandria Peister

Morehouse School of Medicine

Title:  Stem Cell Immune Modulation

1-3

4

Sept. 8 - 10

NO CLASS Sept 8 (Labor Day and Furlough Day),

Antibodies;

Speaker assignment on Dr. Peister's talk due on September 10.

Chapter 4

5

Sept. 15 - 17

Experimental systems – student presentations

6, 23

6

Sept. 22 - 24

Sept. 22 - Experimental systems – student presentations and review for exam

Exam 1, September 24

7

Sept. 29 – Oct. 1

September 29 - finish exam 1, answer ONLY techniques questions

September 29 - discussion of article on aging

September 29 - discussion of questions 1-7 on cancer project

October 1 - Organization and expression of immunoglobulin genes

aging article

Chapter 5 part 1

Chapter 5 part 2

8

Oct. 6 – Oct. 8

MHC Complex

 8

Last Day to Drop w/o Academic Penalty: Friday, October 10

9

Oct. 13 - 15

 Antigen presentation,

Discussion of chaperone paper
 

 8

chaperone paper
Summary of chaperones

10

Oct. 20 - 22

Oct 20

T-cell receptor

9

Picture of BCR

11

Oct. 27 - 29

Exam 2, October 29

12

Nov. 3 - 5

Edible vaccines,

Diseases and Vaccines:

H1N1 virus and vaccines

AIDS and vaccines

Toll receptor and vaccines

November 5, Guest speaker

Dr. Kimberly Jackson

Spelman College

Title: The Cell cycle and cancer

Chapter 19 (for background information),

Outside readings

Vaccine Types

Gardasil
 

Edible vaccines article

Edible vaccines review

Read pages pages 451 -454 for a review on Influenza

Influenza article

Influenza review

H1N1

13

Nov. 10 - 12

Speaker assignment on Dr. Jackson's talk due on November 12

Nov. 10: Continued from week 12

Nov. 12:  AIDS

Virus growth and life cycle

AIDS background

AIDS treatment article

AIDS treatment review

14

Nov. 17 - 19

Presentations of Cancer Projects

Cancer paper is due on Thursday, November 19.

Order of cancer talks

Grading rubric

15

Nov. 24

November 26 – Thanksgiving break

Autoimmunity questions

Autoimmunity article

Autoimmunity review

16

Dec. 1 - 3

December 3 - Review for final exam

Finish autoimmunity and review for final exam

17

Dec. 7 - 12

Final exam - Tuesday, December 8, 10:15 AM