Undergraduate Course: Diagnostics and therapeutics for infectious disease (BIME10025)
Course Outline
School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | Lectures: This course will focus on applied and translational aspects of infectious disease research. The course emphasises modern research trends for the in diagnostics and therapeutics which are being developed to improve the detection, prevention and treatment of infectious disease. This course will cover 4 main themes
Pathogen diagnostics
¿ Challenges of pathogen detection and surveillance
¿ Principles of pathogen diagnostics
¿ Molecular diagnostics for infectious disease
¿ Case study ¿ infection diagnostics in the clinic
¿ The role of the host response and biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for infection and disease
Drugs targeting pathogens
¿ Principles, challenges and opportunities of drug therapeutics for infectious disease
¿ Case studies covering:
¿ Viral disease
¿ Bacteria and the antibiotic crisis
¿ Parasitic and fungal disease
Vaccines
¿ Principles of vaccinology
¿ Challenges and opportunities
¿ Case studies covering:
¿ Viral, bacterial and parasitic disease
Immunotherapy for infectious disease
¿ Principles of immune modulation and biologics for the treatment of infectious disease
¿ Manipulating T-cells and dendritic cells
¿ Antibody technologies
¿ Manipulating the immune response for bacterial disease
¿ Manipulating the immune response for viral disease
A series of in-class sessions will be held to provide formative feedback for the summative assessments of the course.
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Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
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Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students should be able to:
¿ Explain and identify the importance of applied and translational aspects of infectious disease research, especially in relation to healthcare systems
¿ Explain the main techniques for pathogen diagnostics ¿ ranging from established approaches to modern molecular based systems
¿ Explain the principles and importance of drug therapeutics for infectious disease
¿ Identify the principles and importance of vaccinology for infectious disease
¿ Explain the principles of immunotherapy and how this is applied as a therapeutic for infectious disease
¿ Demonstrate the ability to illustrate and present information regarding a particular infectious disease in poster format
¿ Demonstrate an ability to critically analyse the scientific literature through the study of key papers. |
Assessment Information
30% ICA ¿ incorporating an oral presentation and poster presentation related to a course topic
70% Exam
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Keywords | Pathogen diagnostics, pathogen therapeutics, antibiotic, antiviral, vaccine, immunotherapy, virus, b |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Simon Talbot
Tel: (0131 6)50 7938
Email: s.talbot@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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