Course of Immunology

- introduction
(2015/2016)

Marta Sobotkov
email:
marta.sobotkova@fnmotol.cz
 Course structure

Lectures
- Presence in lectures is obligatory
- Lectures are held every Tuesday at 8:00-
9:40
lecture hall No. 1, building D,
Plzesk street , VUT campus
- Three absences are tolerated, more
frequent absences must be based on official
certificate and will be solved individually
04.10.2016 Immune system, overview. pek
Phagocytic cells, complement.
Communication between cells
of immune systems, adhesion
molecules, cytokines.
11.10.2016 Antigen processing and ediv
presentation, HLA I and II class.
18.10.2016 Immunity against infection. Adkins
25.10.2016 Specific (adaptive) immunity T Palich - Fukov
and B lymphocytes.
01.11.2016 Immunodeficiency,vaccination. ediv
08.11.2016 Immunity against tumors. pek
15.11.2016 Immunology of transplantation. Kalina
22.11.2016 Autoimmunity. Sobotkov
Immunopathology.
29.11.2016 Immunopathological Kayserov
reactions,allergy.
06.12.2016 Immunotherapy. Podrazil
13.12.2016 Clinical aspects of immune Horvth
 Course structure

Seminars

- The first seminar and

presentation of your thesis are
compulsory; the time of other
seminars is devoted to self-studying,
preparation of seminar thesis and
consultations with teachers
 Seminar thesis
groups of 1-3 students
structure of thesis:
- 1000 2000 words
- form of an essay
- briefly & concisely & interestingly
- Abstract, text and references (literature) are
obligatory, subchapters and discussion are
recommended
Term of submission: until 28.10.2016
- in the digital form (doc, docx form preffered)
- has to be sent to:
irena.novakova@lfmotol.cuni.cz
 Oral presentations

-November 16 and 23, time 11.40-

13.20 (3)
-November 25 and December 2, time
8.00-9.40 (1,2)

- each thesis will be presented verbally

- range: 8 minutes
- Powerpoint presentation (6-10 slides)
 Final appraisal

Presence on lectures

Seminar thesis:
fulfilled / not fulfilled
+ verbal appraisal (after
presentation)
Verbal examination:
2 out of 50 questions
Evaluation of the essay:
1/ Adherence to the length limits
2/ Correct content of the essay, no serious
misunderstandings
3/ Satisfactory graphical layout and style of the essay
Other comments:
Evaluation of the verbal presentation:
1/ Adherence to the length limits
2/ Correct content of the essay, no serious
misunderstandings
3/ Satisfactory graphical layout and style of the
presentation
http://imunologie.lf2.cuni.cz/

shedules
presentations (download
possible)
recommended literature, links
contacts
 Citation

Most of the patients are hemizygous for 22q11.2, some

have defects in various loci on chromosome 10, about
10% of cases are familial (2, 3).

Literature / References:

2. DRISCOLL DA, SALVIN J, SELLINGER B, et al. Prevalence of

22q11 microdeletions in DiGeorge and velocardiofacial
syndromes: implications for genetic counselling and prenatal
diagnosis. J Med Genet 1993: 30: 813-7.
3. SEDIVA A, BARTUNKOVA J, ZACHOVA R, et al. Early
development of immunity in diGeorge syndrome. Med Sci
Monit 2005: 11: 182-7.
 Sources

Bibliographic databases

Clinical sources online

Pubmed www.pubmed.com
 Medscape -
www.emedicine.com
Up-to-date www.uptodate.com
Orphanet www.orpha.net
 Good luck with Your
essays and
presentations !

Marta Sobotkov
email: marta.sobotkova@fnmotol.cz