New PhD Course: Mechanisms in Innate Immune Signaling
The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center offers five spots for international PhD students to participate in the center’s new PhD course on innate immune signaling pathways on 18-21 January 2022. Please, come and join us!
Are you a PhD student interested in gaining a better understanding of innate immune responses and host-pathogen interactions? Then apply now for SIC’s new PhD course and get a unique opportunity to interact with students and faculty at the SIC headquarters in Copenhagen.
About the course
The aim of the PhD course is for participants to acquire knowledge on innate immune signaling pathways and regulations thereof – both in response to microbes (commensals and pathogens) and in inflammation in states of disease. In addition, there will be sessions on research techniques and on pharmacological and microbial interventions to deregulated responses.
The course contains lectures within the fields of skin and immune signaling by leading scientists from SIC and Danish and international research institutions.
The course also includes an open online seminar on ‘Lipid-specific T cells and the skin’ by Professor Graham Ogg, University of Oxford. Read more about the seminar here
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
- Explain concepts governing activation of innate immune responses
- Describe signaling pathways and post-translation modifications required for immune signaling
- Understand how deregulation of innate immune signaling can lead to disease
- Explain the interplay between the host and microbes
- Discuss techniques for addressing outstanding questions in the field and address their strengths and weaknesses