| Description: | A diversified program of graduate studies and research in the main areas of Immunology, leading to MSc and PhD degrees, provides the research experience suitable for research careers in basic science, industrial research or clinical medicine. The department has the equipment and laboratory facilities for active interdisciplinary research in relation to: isolation and characterization of antibodies, antigens, cytokines, adhesion molecules, cell receptors and their functions: cell differentiation; development of hybridomas for the production of monoclonal antibodies and T cell clones; analysis of intracellular signalling in B lymphocytes; recombinant DNA methodology; flow cytometry; molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine aspects of the regulation of immune responses; development of immunodiagnostic procedures. Due to the interdisciplinary character of modern immunology and the varied background of students entering this area from different biological and physical disciplines, no rigidly defined and uniform set of courses are prescribed for all graduate students. |