Course description
This course has the main general purpose of connecting two topics, or disease types, which are generally known by the scientific community to be completely distant from each other, such as Infections of the Central Nervous System (Neuro-Infections) and neurodegenerative diseases/dementia.
Students should gain knowledge on the common neuroinflammatory processes and molecular mechanisms of neuronal damage that are common between neurodegenerative diseases and Central Nervous System infections. These learning outcomes reflect the purpose of the course, which is of shedding light into the interplay between dementia/neurodegenerative disease and infections and try to understand the molecular biology that connects these two types of brain disease.
The course is 90% theorical with interactive lectures and 10% practical.
KI and Swedish researchers, as well as international experts in both fields of Neuro-Infections and dementia will be lecturing during the course.
Requirements and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
Background in Biomedicine/Biomedical Science/Molecular Medicine
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Federico Iovino, PhD.
Principal Researcher
Group Leader
Department of Neuroscience
Course syllabus
C4F5677
Department
Department of neuroscience
Doctoral programme
Neuroscience
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Neuro-Infections, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuronal damage, Neuroinflammation