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| SBIM0484-1 | Immunology of tumours
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 10h SEM |
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| Lecturer : | Nathalie Jacobs |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The different notions studied are listed above. They will be introduced by a theoretical presentation follow by a discussion based on scientific papers.
- Description of the immune response against tumours (innate and adaptive anti-tumoural immunity)
- Description of tumour immuno-escape mechanisms: non-recognition of the tumour by the immune system and tumour inhibitory effects on the immune system
- Immunotherapy of tumours: antibodies directed against tumour, cytokines and immune cells, anti-tumoral vaccines
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- Understand the immune response against tumour development and the immuno-escape mechanisms of cancer cells.
- Understand the mechanisms of action of immunotherapeutic protocols used to fight cancer
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic immunology course |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will be divided in 10 lessons (2 hours):
- The first lesson will be done jointly with the Vaccine course on Basic Immunology recalls and will be a discussion between teachers and students.
- The next 5 lessons will be dedicated to the different parts of the Tumour Immunology course
- Fellow up by 3 seminars devoted to student presentations of scientific papers related to the previous lessons.
- The last lesson will be a review of the course (question/answer).
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Powerpoint presentation will be posted on "My Ulg" before the lesson |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam (50%) scientific paper presentation (40%) and seminar participation (10%) |
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Contacts :
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| Nathalie Jacobs, PhD
Experimental Pathology, B23 + 4
University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman
4000 Liège, Belgium
phone: +32(0)43662420
fax: +32(0)43669583
n.jacobs@ulg.ac.be
http://www.giga.ulg.ac.be |
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