Immunogenomics I

Undergraduate / Graduate

Our understanding of immune cell function has benefited greatly from advances in next generation sequencing and the genetic characterization of immune cells has become a powerful tool to understand adaptive and innate immunity. This course will train students to tackle immunological questions using quantitative and systems-levels approaches. The topics covered will include: - Introduction of innate and adaptive immunity - Evolution of the different arms of the immune system - Population variation in immune responses - Genomic technologies and applications - Study design in genomic studies - Paper-based discussion of key immunological concepts and how we can study them using systems immunology approaches