Courses

Immunology Program

Mayo Graduate School

Immunology  Program
 
 
The Immunology Program trains students to become independent biomedical research leaders in academia, industry or government laboratories. As a student in the Immunology Program, you'll benefit from a highly interactive, productive research environment that offers the opportunity to learn from multiple mentors, including 18 faculty with primary interests in immunology. There is a strong esprit de corps among immunology students fostered through interactions among first- and second-year students and faculty in the advanced tutorial courses, attendance at the American Association of Immunology advanced immunology course in California, and the immunology retreats and social events.

Some current areas of research:

Molecular basis of immune recognition, cellular activation, lymphocyte differentiation and effector functions

Animal models of human diseases (allergy, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, infectious diseases and transplantation)

Pathophysiology and molecular basis of human disease (allergy, arthritis, autoimmunity, cancer, virus infection and transplantation)

Development of therapeutic strategies to manipulate immune regulatory and effector mechanisms in disease (immunotherapy with antibodies and lymphocytes, gene therapy, immuno-modulation with recombinant and chimeric soluble receptors and ligands)