IMMUNOLOGY: BIO 335 [0830]
SPRING 1999: LC 25

Dr. Albert Millis

OFFICE HOURS AND LOCATION: Tues and Thurs 12:45 - 2:00: BIO 310 (by appointment)
VOICE MAIL: 518.442.4361 FAX: 518.442.4767
EMAIL:millis@cnsunix.albany.edu

TEXT: IMMUNOLOGY by Kuby, et al.,3rd Edition, 1997

*Page Revised 3/29/99*

Notes

1. Kimi Nishikawa is the Teaching Assistant for this class. She has office hours [Bio 311] Mondays at 10-11am. Please contact for appointment at: ayates@capital.net.

2. A review session will be held each Monday from 5-6 pm in Biology Room 141

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CLASS ATTENDANCE: Absolutely essential. Although each subject covered in the lectures is also covered in the text, much of the material presented in the lectures is not presented in the text.

PREREQUISITE: Biochemistry is a pre-requisite or co-requisite for this course. If you have not completed or are not currently enrolled in Biochemistry you should not enroll in this course.

EXAMS: There will be 4 exams offered on the following dates:

Feb 23; Mar 25; April 22; and May 18 [final exam will start at 3:30pm].
Make up exams will not be offered.

*After each exam is returned you will have exactly 1 week to contest, in writing, any of your answers*

The final grade will be based on an average of 3 of the 4 exams. Therefore, you can miss one exam without penalty. If you take all four exams then your final average will be based on the three highest scores.

CHEATING: Cheating is offensive and insulting to all of us and it will not be tolerated.
The penalty will be a failing grade on the exam and dismissal from the course.

JAN 28   Introduction: Overview of the immune system; Nonspecific     
                       immunity--Chapter 1                            

FEB 02   Acquired immunity; antigen presentation--1
    04   Experimental systems:animals, cells, transgenics--2,3        
    09   Cells and organs of the immune system--3
    11   Antigens: Immunogens; Epitopes--4			
    16   Immunoglobulin Structure and Function I--5
>>End of Materials for EXAM I-
    18   Immunoglobulin Structure and Function II--5

 23 . . . EXAM I -  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

    25	 Monoclonal antibodies,Ag-Ab Interactions--5  
MAR 02		CLASSES SUSPENDED
    04		CLASSES SUSPENDED
    09   Techniques--5,6
    11   Ag-Ab Interactions, Techniques: Elisa, Western, IF, Etc--	6
    16   Immunoglobulin Genes: Organization--7
    18   Immunoglobullin Genes: Expression--7
>>End of Materials for EXAM II- 
    23    B Cell Maturation, activation, differentiation--8

 25 . . . EXAM II -  THURSDAY, MARCH 25


    30   MHC Genes and Proteins: Structure and Function--9

APR 01	 	CLASSES SUSPENDED 
    06   MHC genes and Proteins: Antigen Processing/presentation-	9,10
    08   T-cell receptor; Comples. CD4 and CD8--11 
    13   T-cell activation and differentiation--12
    15   Cytokines: TH1 and TH2 cells--13
>>End of Materials for EXAM III- 
    20   Complement--14

 22 . . . EXAM III - THURSDAY, APRIL 22

    27   Leukocyte migration and inflammation; extravasation--15
    29   Cell Mediated Responses//Hypersensitivity--16,17

MAY 04   Diseases--20,21
    06   Vaccines--18  
    11   HIV and AIDS: Why is a vaccine so elusive?--22

 18 . . . EXAM IV -  TUESDAY, MAY 18 AT 3:30PM