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The module will provide the state of the art coverage of a selection of current issues in the field of immunity. Students will learn the language and concepts of the field through specific research–led examples, firmly anchored in the research at The Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. All of the lecturers on this module are at the forefront of research in this field and will therefore provide students with cutting edge research and primary knowledge. Themed teaching sessions given by experts will provide introduction to a topic followed by a discussion of experimental approaches, or recent high impact publications. The focus throughout the module is on acquisition of a detailed knowledge of the featured topic and clear sense of the link between basic research and clinical applications. Students will develop good awareness of key current issues in the field as well as good awareness of experimental approaches

Aims

• To provide detailed knowledge of the featured topics and a good understanding of key immunological concepts in relation to research questions and related disease conditions
• To provide good understanding of experimental approaches and methods by which the data can be obtained and their limitations
• To introduce the students to experimental design and development of research proposals

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to:

• Identify and discuss key current issues in experimental and translational immunology
• Determine and discuss the link between basic research and clinical applications
• Assess experimental approaches & their limitations
• Propose and justify a research question and design an experimental plan to address it