5 ECTS credits
125 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4017428FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Bio-Engineering Sciences
Educational team
Stefan Magez
Carl De Trez (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
45 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course focuses on parasitic infectious diseases, illustrating the complexity of appropriate diagnosis and therapy. Aspects covered are:

1) Description of the life cycles of parasites that cause serious health problems and their interaction with the immune system (Malaria, Leishmania, Trypanosomosis and Helminth infections)

2) The actual diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infections including their shorthcomings

3) Molecular mechanisms of serum resistance

4) Molecular mechanisms of antigenic variation

5) Immune interactions with host molecules

6) Molecular diagnosis

7) Molecular development of new anti-parasite drugs

 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Articles and Power point presentations, Canvas
Additional info

Powerpoint presentations will be made available on Canvas.


 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

To know the life cycle of the major human infective parasites and gain an understanding in the molecular principles that govern host-parasite interactions

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written open question exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Students will write a laboratory assay that will be evaluated

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation will be done based on a written exam with open questions.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Life sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biology: Education (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Life sciences
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)