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Enrichment • Series

🧬 Immunology 🔬

Melina D

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

This series ended on September 26, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

In this series, we will go over everything about immunology in a relatively simplified way. Learn about the phenomenon of the immune response, production of antibodies, memory cells, and more!

Tutor Qualifications

- Completed high school biology on Khan Academy

- Passionate about the topic, I've been studying it for ~1.5 years

- Received a 100% at school for the biology unit

- Currently taking multiple biology courses

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please try to attend sessions so that you don't miss anything, but it's totally understandable if you can't make it.

Dates

July 11 - September 19

Learners

15 / 30

Total Sessions

About the Tutor

Hi, nice to meet you! I'm an elementary student who enjoys helping others succeed academically. I'm extremely passionate about STEM and I love to read in my free time.

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Upcoming Sessions

Past Sessions

Jul

Session 1

Orientation

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 11:00 PM

Welcome to the series! Let's begin to discuss the concept of immunology and see how much we know about it already. Mainly, we'll introduce new vocabulary that will be widely used in this series, and discuss questions about the fundamentals.

Jul

Session 2

Biology

Mon Jul 18, 2022, 11:00 PM

This session will be about the meaning and stages of immunity, everything about the innate immune system, and key players involved in the immune response.

Jul

Session 3

Biology

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:00 PM

This session will be about the adaptive immune response, B-cells and T-cells (leukocytes), vaccines, and how your body remembers some pathogens (hint: antibodies!).

Jul

Session 4

Office Hours

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 11:00 PM

I'll be here for any questions you may have about the topic.

Aug

Session 5

Biology

Mon Aug 1, 2022, 11:00 PM

Adaptive immunity: part 2. This session will be about primary and secondary immune responses, an introduction of viruses, and practice questions about adaptive immunity.

Aug

Session 6

Catchup

Fri Aug 5, 2022, 9:00 PM

A session to get everyone up to speed.

Aug

Session 7

Biology

Mon Aug 8, 2022, 9:00 PM

This session is all about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and its functions.

Aug

Session 8

Biology

Mon Aug 22, 2022, 9:00 PM

This session will be about Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine creation.

Aug

Session 9

Biology

Tue Aug 30, 2022, 9:00 PM

This session will be about the different types of vaccines and the COVID vaccines.

Sep

Session 10

Biology

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 9:00 PM

This session will be about the different types of vaccines and the COVID vaccines.

Sep

Session 11

Biology

Mon Sep 19, 2022, 9:00 PM

This session will be about allergies and allergic rhinitis.

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