UCL - Questions spéciales d'immunologie, d'immunohématologie et de transfusion

[BICL2101]

[45h] 4 credits

Teacher(s): Véronique De Neys, Dominique Latinne(coord.), Pascale Saussoy

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

The students will revise their knowledge and go thoroughly into multiple developing topics in hematology and immunology and acquire a critical approach with scientific papers in the field.

Main themes

Teached topics are : role of immune system in mechanism, prevention and treatment of rejection in organ and hematopoïetic stem cell or in recurrent idiopathic miscarriages ; blood transfusion: advantages, disadvantages, limitations ; application of new technologies to define blood groups, to characterize malignant hematologic diseases (flow cytometry, molecular biology)

Content and teaching methods

Theoretical education with interactive discussion, questions and answers between students and teachers. Support is Powerpoint slides transmitted to the students.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Evaluation of knowledge is done through a presentation by the student of a scientific paper (20 minutes) selected among a list given by the course coordinator with critical discussion thereafter with the teachers.