Welcome to the Immunology Summer School 2012
This intensive course in immunology is intended for PhD and MD students who wish to expand and update their understanding in the biology of the immune system and its role in health and disease. Attendees will need to have an understanding of the principles of immunology. To this aim, they will have free access to an online Refresher Training Program and they are strongly encouraged to use it prior the beginning of the course, and the included quiz has to be taken before the beginning to the course (mandatory).
Course information
The Summer School will take place from September 10th to 14th, 2012. Formal lectures are held in Epalinges in room B301. The tentative schedule of the course is given below; the final version will be provided on August 15th, 2012. Attendance at the seminar is considered part of the course and is therefore mandatory for the students. A sign up sheet will be circulated each week; it is the student's responsibility to ensure that they sign it as proof of attendance. Students are expected to attend all the sessions. If they cannot do so, for example, because of a scientific meeting etc., they should notify the organizers in advance. A student who misses more than one session will be considered to have failed the course.
Students are expected:
- To read articles and support material provided by all teachers in the course.
- The students will be given five main subjects all included in the global design of a vaccine. Groups of 4 students will work together and each of them contribute to the oral and written part of their project. An intermediate session will be held to monitor progresses. This year thematic will be tuberculosis.
- For the final exam, students will present their results orally and be prepared to answer all questions related to the content of their part as well as of the course. The presentation should be submitted in written form (Power Point) to the organizers.
Total hours = 8 hours daily (40h), 30 hours of reading, 20 hours of preparation, 20 hours of writing
Number of credits “4 ECTS”
Course registration
❖ REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. However, if you want information, please contact by email Ms Françoise Flejszman (Francoise.Flejszman@unil.ch)
❖ Registration deadline : July 1st, 2012.
❖ Attendance fee (for outside participants only) : CHF 250
❖ Outside participants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements.
Program
| Monday 10 Sept |
Innate immunity |
| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Introductory remarks, overview |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER
(UNIL/Dept Biochemistry/WHO, Switzerland) |
| 09:00 - 10:45 |
The inflammasome |
F. MARTINON
(UNIL/Dept Biochemistry, Switzerland) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Natural Killer cells |
W. HELD
(UNIL/LICR, Switzerland) |
| 12.15 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Mucosal immunity: the lung as an example |
J.P. KRAEHENBUHL
(HSeT, Switzerland) |
| 16:00 -16:15 |
Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:30 |
Introduction to the workshop 'Elaboration of a vaccine' |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER & N. DEBARD |
| Tuesday 11 Sept |
Dendritic cells in infection / TB |
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Use of DC in vaccination |
P. ROMERO
(UNIL/LICR, Switzerland) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Immune response to TB |
N. WINTER
(INRA, France) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch-Seminar (PIZZAS): Immune response against mycobacteria: are neutrophils good or bad fellows? |
N. WINTER |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Dendritic cells |
H. ACHA-ORBEA
(UNIL/Dept Biochemistry, Switzerland) |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee break |
| 15:45 - 17:30 |
Follow-up of the workshop: Preparation of group projects |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER & N. DEBARD |
| Wednesday 12 Sept |
Effector T cells and cytokines in diseases |
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Differentiation of effector T cells: T helper cells subsets |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee break |
| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Immune response during allergy |
F. SPERTINI
(CHUV, Switzerland) |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Development of a vaccine: the example of TB |
F. SPERTINI |
| 12:15 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Lymphoid tissue organizer cells |
D. FINKE
(University of Basel, Switzerland) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 18:00 |
Follow-up of the workshop: Preparation of group projects |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER & N. DEBARD |
| Thursday 13 Sept |
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Immune response in pulmonary diseases |
B. MARSLAND
(CHUV, Switzerland) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Follow-up of the workshop: Preparation of group projects |
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER & N. DEBARD |
| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Research afternoon: Presentations by PhD Program Faculty Members |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
The importance of adjuvants in vaccination |
N. COLLIN
(University of Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Role of CD8 T cells in acute infections |
D. ZEHN
(CHUV, Switzerland) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Adhesion molecules |
B. IMHOF
(University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
| Friday 14 Sept |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Lymphoid stromal cells in diseases |
S. LUTHER
(UNIL/Dept Biochemistry, Switzerland) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
Coffee break |
| 10:00 - 12:00 |
B - T cell interaction during viral infection |
D. PINSCHEWER
(University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
| 12:00 - 13:45 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 18:30
14:15 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45
16:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:30
17:30 – 18:15 |
Return session of the workshop 'Elaboration of a vaccine'
Presentation of projects by the students
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5 |
J.P. KRAEHENBUHL
N. DEBARD
F. TACCHINI-COTTIER |
Last update: Friday, September 7, 2012
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