Immuno-Tunisia 2021 Introduction

Course aims and objectives:

  • To delineate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune responses to infections.
  • To discuss the strategies developed by pathogens to evade immune responses.
  • To learn from the models of Inborn errors of immunity the critical pathways involved in genetic susceptibility to infections.
  • To get acquainted with the contribution of the infectious agents to emergence of cancers and autoimmune diseases
  • To address development of new vaccines and innovative therapeutic strategies in light ofthe interactions between the immune system and microorganisms.

 

Faculty Topic Learning Link
Dieter Kabelitz Non-self signals recognition by innate immunity: Host microbe interactions at barrier sites Basics of anti-infectious immunity
Clive Gray Anti-infectious effector immune responses Basics of anti-infectious immunity
Amel Benammar-Elgaaïed Pathogens’mechanisms to escape immune responses Basics of anti-infectious immunity
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan Host microbiota interactions across the gut immune system Basics of anti-infectious immunity
Steven Holland Inborn errors of immunity phenocopies Inborn errors of immunity and infections
Brahim Belaid Inborn errors of IFN-γ Immunity and mycobacterial infections Inborn errors of immunity and infections
Yu Lung Lau Inborn errors of immunity underlying fungal diseases Inborn errors of immunity and infections
Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche Exploring frontiers between infections and allergy Inborn errors of immunity and infections
Maryam Sellami Mechanisms of tolerance disruption and autoimmune diseases Infection and auto-immunity
Melika Ben Ahmed Mechanisms of autoimmunity induction by infectious agents Infection and auto-immunity
Martin Kriegel Microbiota and autoimmune diseases Infection and auto-immunity
Gloria Vasquez Biotherapies and susceptibility to infections during autoimmune diseases Infection and auto-immunity
Abdallah Badou Introduction to cancer, immunity and oncogenic infectious agents Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer
Pierre Busson Head and neck cancer and EBV infection Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer
Hanne Ostergaard Viral infection and cancer Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer
Shubhada Chiplunkar Vaccination and prevention of cancers Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer
Koussay Dellagi Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases and associated challenges Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2)
Myriam Merad Immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19 Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2)
Fatma Guerfali Computing approaches and Sars-CoV-2 variants Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2)
Alain Fisher New vaccine approaches in COVID-19 Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2)