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BME 445: Principles of Immunoengineering


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Prerequisites

BIOL_SCI 201 and BIOL_SCI 202, or be a BME Grad Student

Description

This course introduces core principles of immunology and explores engineering approaches for modulating immune responses through nanomedicine, protein engineering, and cell-based therapeutics.

Who Takes It?

This course is designed for graduate students and is also open to undergraduates with an interest in immunoengineering.

Mini syllabus

Part I: Introduction to Immunology

Part II: Nanomedicine

  • Lipid-based nanoparticles
  • Polymer-based nanoparticles
  • Extracellular vesicles

Part III: Protein engineering

  • Virus-like particles
  • Bispecific antibodies
  • Engineered cytokines

Part IV: Cell therapies

  • Classical CAR-T and Treg therapies
  • Emerging immune cell platforms
  • Synthetic biology-inspired designs