De elektronische studiegids voor het academiejaar 2025 - 2026 is onder voorbehoud.





Research track: immunology and infection (9063)

  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Judith FRAUSSEN 
  
Co-lecturer :Prof. dr. Pieter RUYTINX 
  
Member of the teaching team :Mevrouw Aleksandra DYCZKO 
 De heer Alessio CARDILLI 
 dr. Annelies VANHEEL 
 Prof. dr. Ben SPRANGERS 
 Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX 
 Mevrouw Daphne LINTSEN 
 Mevrouw Hanne COENEN 
 Prof. dr. Ibrahim HAMAD 
 Mevrouw Janne VERREYCKEN 
 Prof. dr. Jeroen VAN DER HILST 
 dr. Lien BECKERS 
 Prof. dr. Markus KLEINEWIETFELD 
 dr. Paulien BAETEN 
 Prof. dr. Peter MESSIAEN 
 Prof. dr. Veerle SOMERS 
 Mevrouw Xue ZHONG 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 7,0
  
Period: quarter 2 (0sp) + quarter 3 (0sp) + quarter 4 (7sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible


 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Content

After this course, students are capable of

  • Understanding, analysing, interpreting and critically evaluating current knowledge and research results regarding the immune system taking into account the clinical and biological relevance
  • Collaborate in a team to produce a scientific report/presentation on a biomedical topic
  • Designing a new scientific hypothesis based on current literature data of an immunological topic
  • Designing an experimental set-up corresponding with a scientific hypothesis while taking into account its validity, feasibility and relevance
  • Understanding and applying current developments in immunological techniques
  • Generating and presenting a scientific report/presentation following the scientific method in a clear, concise and educationally sound manner


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Collective feedback moment  
Lecture  
Practical  
Tutorial group  


Evaluation

Period 4    Credits 7,00

Evaluation method
Written evaluaton during teaching periode40 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Peer review
Oral evaluation during teaching period20 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Presentation
Oral exam40 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Presentation
Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass)
Conditions Presence at the practical sessions, journal clubs, tutor sessions and pitch presentations is obligatory.The evaluation consists of multiple components: 1)(peer) review, 2)journal club and tutor sessions participation, 3) theory and 4)pitch presentation. For all parts of the evaluation, at least a score of 10/20 must be obtained in order to pass the course.
Consequences Students who are unauthorized absent at one or more practicals, journal clubs tutor sessions and pitch presentations, receive as final grade for the course a 'N - unauthorized absence' and have to attend this session in the next academic year and have to meet the requirements (e.g. a signed report) to receive their final grade. The student needs to re enroll in the course in the next academic year. In this case, partial grades can be transferred to the next academic year.A student who achieves a score lower than 10/20 on one (or more) parts of the evaluation will receive a 'fail (F)' as a final result.

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
Explanation evaluationJournal clubs, tutor session participation and peer review of the review cannot be redone in resit. The review and/or the pitch presentation can be retaken.
 

Recommended reading
 
Basic Immunology: Functions and disorders of the immune system, Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai, 6 of 7, Elsevier


Learning outcomes
Master of Biomedical Sciences
  •  EC 
  • 1. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences has a thorough knowledge of the molecular and cellular processes of the healthy and diseased organism and has insight in different methods for prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases.

  •  EC 
  • 11. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can function in a multidisciplnary team and can fulfill a bridging function between the various actors in health care. The graduate knows the importance and needs of the various stakeholders within the life sciences.

  •  EC 
  • 2. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can independently and critically perform a literature search.

  •  EC 
  • 3. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can draw up a new research hypothesis based on his or her own findings or based on the findings of others, and work out a research proposal for this.

  •  EC 
  • 4. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences has knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques within biomedical research and is able to apply these techniques, taking into account the applicable quality standards.

  •  EC 
  • 6. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences  can report scientific findings in writing and orally to both experts and a wide audience in a structured way.

  •  EC 
  • 7. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences takes a critical attitude towards one's own research and that of others.   

  •  EC 
  • MHD 1. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences specialisation Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease has in depth insights in the etiology and the underlying molecular pathways of major disease areas (e.g. cardiovascular sciences, immunology and infection, neurosciences,...)

 

  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
1st year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease N



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