Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Innate Immunity
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3608-18-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 31/12/2017

Date and time	22.01.2018, at: 09:00 - 24.01.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats	14
Course fee	6,600.00 kr.
Lecturers	Peter Garred
ECTS credits	3.20

Contact person	Jytte Bryde Clausen E-mail address: jytte.bryde.clausen@regionh.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: a. Understand the basic and advanced principles of the innate immune system. b. Investigate and analyse laboratory experiments related to innate immunity. c. Put innate immunity into the perspective of inflammation, autoimmunity and malignancy. Content The course will contain lectures about innate immunity in general, the complement system, toll like receptors, the NOD/CARD system and the inflammasome, the pentraxin protein family, antibiotic peptides, phagocytes, physical barriers, inflammatory mechanisms and their relation to disease pathophysiology, how innate immunity recognize microbes and how innate immunity handle dying host cells. Participants The course is highly relevant for PhD students with a background in natural and medical sciences, who wish to obtain cutting edge knowledge about innate immunity. Language English Form The course will be a combination of lectures, exercises, group work, discussions and presentations. Course director Peter Garred, professor, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology Section 7631, Rigshospitalet, e-mail: peter.garred@regionh.dk Teachers Terje Espevik, professor, University of Trondheim, Tom Eirik Mollnes, professor, University of Oslo, Peter Garred, professor, Rigshospitalet, Jack Cowland, senior researcher, Rigshospitalet, Anna Blom, professor, University of Lund, Anna Karlsson, professor, University of Gothenburg, Ole E. Sørensen, associate professor, University of Lund, Suzan Rooijakkers, associate professor, University of Utrecht, Daniel Madsen, senior researcher Herlev Hospital, Santiago Rodriguez de Cordoba, professor, University od Madrid, Ying Jie Ma, associated professor, Rigshospitalet, Beatrice Dyring –Andersen post doc, University of Copenhagen and staff members. Course secretary Jytte Bryde Clausen, e-mail: jytte.bryde.clausen@regionh.dk, telephone +45 35457539 Dates 22.01.-24.01 2018 Course location Department of Clinical Immunology, Section 7631, Rigshospitalet, Ole Maaloesvej 26, entrance 75, floor 01 Registration: Please register before December 31, 2017 Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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