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What you'll learn

You will identify key innate immunity cells, molecules, and direct defence mechanisms.

You will also learn how our microbiota, the overall micro-organisms found in our body, influences our innate immune response.

Finally, you will understand how our innate immune cells inform our adaptive system of the presence of a threat.

Skills you'll gain

Biology

Oncology

Molecular, Cellular, and Microbiology

Research

Microbiology

Public Health and Disease Prevention

Infectious Diseases

Environment

There are 5 modules in this course

In this course, you will take a closer look at the mechanisms and cellular components involved in this swift response that occurs within minutes of exposure to a threat. Throughout the course, and guided by our active researchers, you will have opportunities to recognise its key protective mechanisms and to explain their importance for our overall health. You will learn about the mechanisms it uses to inform our adaptive immune system of the presence of a threat, and understand how some environmental factors, such as our own internal microbiome, influences it. Finally, you will have opportunities to reflect on current related issues and controversies in this fascinating field of research.

The complement system

Programming of innate immunity by the microbiota

Antigen processing - MHC Class I and Class II

Natural killer cells