An advanced course in immunology, vaccinology and biotechnology applied to infectious diseases, will be held at the WHO Immunology Research and Training Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland. It will be organized specifically for English-speaking candidates from developing countries, through a donation from the Government of Switzerland (Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [SDC]).
A. Program.
The first part of the course will be devoted to the recent advances in the areas of basic immunology and molecular biology. Teaching modules will be structured to deal with
the specific problems related to bacterial, parasitic and viral infections of public health importance. One module will be specifically devoted to the development of new vaccines and the testing of their efficacy.
Practical sessions will be organized during which participants will
perform techniques related to the: a) evaluation of the humoral and
cellular immune response to infectious agents, and b) identification
of micro-organisms in biological samples by nucleic acid
hybridization.
B. Extended research training
There will be an opportunity for two participants to stay at the
Centre for a period of up to four months after the Course for further
specialized training.
The course will run from 4th September to 18th October.
Deadline for receipt of applications is 27th April 2007
For further details log on to http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/immu_rcs_07.htm
courtesy of Dr. Emmanuel MakasaÂÂ
