Teaching: Immunology

The Institute for Immunology offers classes in lectures, seminars and a practical course to assist students in understanding the basic concepts, central technologies and key experiments of the rapidly developing field of immunology, educate about the relevance of the immune system to health and disease, support critical thinking and creativity to do research in immunology, offer training and research opportunities to successfully conduct masters and PhD work and to pursue immunological research careers in academia and industry.

BMC building section for teaching and seminars

The curriculum is open to students in the Masters Programs in Biology and Biochemistry. It consists of

  • the lecture Immunology I (7C0731, 3 ECTS; part II will be taught in the Sommersemester),
  • the accompanying seminar Immunology I (7C0713, 3 ECTS)
  • seminars on focused topics with basic and applied significance (3 ECTS)
  • Practical Course Immunology (7C0709) a 3-week practical course which includes methods for antigen detection (flow cytometry, immuneperoxidase staining, ELISA, western blot) and recognition (lymphocyte proliferation, cytotoxicity, effector functions). Successful completion of the lecture Immunology exam is prerequisite. (6 ECTS, only offered in the winter semester)

Please see the LMU Course Catalogue for the courses offered in a particular semester. Search for "Immunology" to find pertinent courses.

Course programs, schedules and course materials will be provided via the Moodle platform. You require your lmu login information and your campus email adress. Please sign up directly in Moodle for respective lecture and courses. Password:

Institute staff is further involved in teaching Immunology in these contexts:

  • Faculty of Medicine: Modul 1 (Vorlesung 7M0809, Kurs 7M0807, Seminar 7M0808)
  • Faculty of Biology: Bachelor Curriculum Biology, Allgemeine Biologie: Prinzipien, Forschungsfelder, Geschichte (Lecture 19051)
  • Faculty of Biology: Master Curriculum Human Biology, Molecular Microbiology and Infection Biology (Lecture, Seminar, Practical Course)

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