Teaching
Courses
- Summer semester: “Molecular and Medical Parasitology”.
- Winter semester: “Immunology” (jointly with Prof. Stemmann)
- Winter semester: “Gene technology” (jointly with Prof. Heidmann)
- Lecture content (Mol. Med. Parasitology):Hide
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- Biology of parasites of medical relevance (e.g. malaria)
- Therapy and control
- Socio-economic aspects of infectious diseases
- Molecular and biochemical aspects of host-parasite interactions
- Biology of parasites of medical relevance (e.g. malaria)
- Content of practicals (Mol. Med. Parasitology)Hide
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- Molecular techniques in parasitology
- Differential gene expression (quantitative RT-PCR)
- Molecular diagnosis
- Cell biology (Immunofluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry)
- Drug assays
- Molecular techniques in parasitology
- Lecture content (Immunology)Hide
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- Innate and adaptive immunity
- Molecular biology of antibody and T-cell receptor diversity
- Plant immunity and evolution of the immune system (contributed by Prof. Clemens and Dr. Otti)
- Medical aspects of immunology (contributed by Prof. Rupprecht, Prof. Kiani and Dr. Peters, Klinikum Bayreuth)
- Innate and adaptive immunity
- Content of practicals (Immunology)Hide
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- Purification and applications of monoclonal antibodies
- Isolation and analysis of white blood cells and macrophages
- Assays for cell proliferation and phagocytosis

Images taken during the practical “Applications of monoclonal antibodies”: green, anti tubulin antibody; red, DAPI (a DNA stain). Indirect immunofluorescence on methanol-fixed human cultured cells showing various cell cycle stages. Images are not copyright-protected.