Immunology and Microbiology
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The specialisation in Immunology and Microbiology focuses on how the immune system discovers and removes pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites. In addition to studies in microbiology, analyses are also made of events at cellular and molecular levels when the immune system overreacts or has insufficient tolerance towards body tissue when, for instance, allergies and autoimmunity arise.WHY THIS PROGRAMME?This is the specialisation for those of you who want to become immunologists or microbiologists and work with questions related to infection biology. You will investigate mechanisms at both cellular and molecular levels. For instance, what happens when the immune system overreacts and allergies or autoimmunity arise?The core of this specialisation is the immune system and how the various components of this complex defense system cooperate to detect and remove infectious organisms. A key question in this field is how the immune system of humans and other animal species handle bacterial, viral and parasitic infections and how these microorganisms try to escape and elude over defense systems. Factors that influence disease transmission by animal and bacterial vectors are also discussed.During the programme you can expect to:understand how the various components of the immune system cooperate to detect and remove infectious organismscreate your unique competence profile by adding courses in epidemiology, limnology and morestudy some of the major scientific challenges of this centurySeveral of the major human and animal diseases are not directly caused by infectious organisms but by lack of tolerance to self-tissues, genetic defects in components of the immune system, over-reactions by the immune system or by difficulties for the immune system to detect differences between normal and transformed tumor tissues. Many of these immunological diseases have, due to their severity and high prevalence, become some of the major scientific challenges of this century. This specialisation also focuses on the study of these immunological diseases, their underlying causes and existing and potential future treatment strategies.The Master Programme in Biology, specialising in Immunology and Microbiology, can also include studies in epidemiology, by taking courses in limnology and ecology, which in a future perspective may be highly relevant for the battle against global infectious diseases. This is also an area which is currently part of many international aid programs.
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Uppsala
Uppsala County
751 26
Sweden
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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