Class Schedule
9/5/00 1.30 An overview of the immune system Pillai
9/7/00 1.30 Cells of the immune system and innate immunity Pillai
9/12/00

1.30 Antibodies
2.30 Cell biology from an immune perspective
Pillai
9/13/00 6.30 Case presentations/discussions:

Groups 1 and 2: Infectious disease: Dr. Schmidt at MGH
Groups 3 and 4: Infectious disease/HIV: Dr. Scadden at MGH
9/14/00 1.30 Antigen receptors and the generation of immune diversity Pillai
9/19/00 1.30 B lymphocyte development and activation Pillai
9/21/00 1.30 MHC molecules and the pathways of antigen presentation Ploegh
9/26/00 1.30 T lymphocyte development Pillai
9/27/00 6.30 Case presentations/discussions:

Groups 1 and 2: Autoimmunity: Dr. Hafler at BWH
Groups 3 and 4: Infectious Disease: Dr. Schmidt at MGH
9/28/00 1.30 A multiplicity of problems (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Presentation/discussion of paper/s
10/03/00 1.30 Lymphocyte homing in the immune system von Andrian
10/05/00 1.30 Cell mediated immunity and Natural Killer cells Lichtman
10/10/00 1.30 MID-TERM EXAMINATION
10/12/00 1.30 A complex case (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Antibody dependent protection mechanisms

Pillai
10/17/00 1.30 The immunology of HIV disease Walker
10/19/99 1.30 Too many infections (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Presentation/discussion of paper/s
10/24/00 1.30 Lymphocyte activation, cytokines, and costimulation Pillai
10/25/00 6.30 Case presentations/discussions

Groups 1 and 2: Immunodeficiency/ IBD: Dr. Snapper at MGH
Groups 3 and 4: Autoimmunity: Dr. Hafler at BWH
10/26/00 1.30 A bloody glove (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Presentation/discussion of papers 5 and 6
10/31/00 1.30 Autoimmunity Mathis
11/02/00 1.30 Fever (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Presentation/discussion of papers 7 and 8
11/07/00 1.30 Transplantation Immunology Auchincloss
11/09/00 1.30 A Boston T party (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Presentation/discussion of papers 9 and 10
11/14/00 1.30 Memory and death in the immune system Pillai
11/15/00 6.30 Case presentations/discussions

Groups 1 and 2: Infectious diseases/HIV; Dr. Scadden at MGH
Groups 3 and 4: Immunodeficiency/IBD; Dr. Snapper at MGH
11/16/00 1.30 Breakpoints (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 Bone marrow transplantation
Sykes
11/21/00 1.30 Tumor immunity Lichtman
11/28/00 1.30 Chemokines and chemokine receptors Luster
11/30/00 1.30 Shock therapy (Tutorial groups 1-4)
3.00 The IgE system, atopy, and multigene diseases
Pillai
12/05/00 1.30 Overview lecture: Immune evasion Ploegh
12/07/00 1.30 Overview lecture: The regulation of apoptosis in the immune system Korsmeyer
12/12/00 1.30 Overview lecture: B cell development and lymphomageneis Rajewsky
12/14/00 1.30 Immunodeficiency syndromes Pillai
12/19/00 1.30 FINAL EXAMINATION


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