MIC 5100 Pathogen Interactions and Host

3 units
Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty of Medicine
This course will examine current issues in microbiology/immunology. Topics to be chosen to allow discussion across the broad areas of virology, immunology and bacteriology. Within each of the modules, the focus will be on host-pathogen interactions at the molecular level, how microorganisms utilize, modify or disrupt host cell functions, including immune cell functions and immune responses, to establish infection and cause diseases, or on immunological diseases which may have an infectious component.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: At least one undergraduate course in microbiology and/or immunology and one course in molecular biology.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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