ImmunologySemester Course

Immunology, Semester Course
Major Discipline(s)
Biology, Biomedicine / Biotechnology, Pre-Medicine / Health Science
Type
Elective Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

This course gives you a fundamental understanding of how our immune system functions. You are introduced to the cells and factors which mediate the various types of innate and adaptive immune responses. The course also covers clinically relevant topics such as allergic reactions, tumor immunology, and immunology of infections. Examples of therapeutic and prophylactic interventions arising from the latest advances in immunology such as CAR T-cells for cancer treatment and vaccine candidates for SARS-CoV-2, are used to illustrate these concepts.

Related Discipline(s)

This course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):
Public Health

Faculty

Kasper Yde Jensen

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

Ph.D (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Present). MSc (Sport and Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, 2016). BSc (Sport and Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, 2013). Part-time Research Assistant, Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 2013-2016. Part-time Research Assistant, Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, 2016-2019. Research Assistant, Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, 2019-2021. Ph.D Student, Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, 2021–Present. With DIS since 2023.

Jeanette Erbo Wern

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

Postdoc (Inst. of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006-2009). Ph.D. (Immunology, Inst. Of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, 2005).  M.Sc. (Inst. Of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, 2001). Senior Scientist, Immune Targeting Group, Bioneer, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010-2013.  Senior Scientist, Dept. of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013-2016. With DIS since 2016.