Sign up for the "Innate immunity and infectious diseases" course by March 15, 2020

Elie Metchnikoff discovered phagocytosis more than 135 years ago, but in recent years the field of innate immunity has attracted renewed interest with the discovery of innate immune receptors, a breakthrough awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011. The mechanisms that control infectious attacks have been elucidated in recent years and we now have a much clearer understanding of the precise role played each component. Not only is innate immunity a system shared by all animal species; for those species that also have adaptive immunity, the contribution of the innate immune system is a vital prerequisite to trigger the adaptive response. More recently, scientists have described a memory in the innate immune system which helps improve our innate and adaptive responses.

The two-and-a-half week course will take place from May 4 to 20 at the Institut Pasteur. It is aimed at anyone with medical or scientific training who is interested in the topic: medical students, second-year Master's or PhD students (in immunology, bacteriology, parasitology, virology, etc.), physicians, pharmacists and veterinarians.

The course features lectures on the components and mechanisms of the innate immune system and the inflammatory response involved in host defense against pathogens, on links with inflammatory diseases, and on new tools for studying the immune system.

Find out more and register before March 15