Genreal Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Structure and function of the immune system. Laboratory tasks: Antigen / Antibody reactions, Differentiate immune cells in blood using light microscopy, separating and count immunecells by specific surface markers and fluorescence microscopy.
Theoretical knowledge of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites); structure and host interaction. Laboratory tasks: cultivation and identification of bacteria and testing antibiotic resistance

The student should be able to:
- Describe the immune system's structure and organization
- Describe how the cells in the immune system work and cooperate in the immune response
- Describe the structure and structure of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites) and their interaction with host.
- Describe cultivation methods and principles for identification of selected microorganisms
- be able to interpret and understand the importance of antibiotic testing
- describe the sampling and dispatch of human biological material for microbiological examination
-logging results from microbiological cultivation
- Perform work in microbiological laboratory according to current HSE rules

Lectures, laboratory courses with reports and logging