General guidelines for preparing these essays.
These essay titles cover more than one aspect of the immune system in each title, because the number of tutorials in this area is limited and it is important to cover several of the core concepts. However, it is important to be able to synthesize the information for each in a way that illustrates understanding of the key concepts. Therefore, you should do your preparatory reading, and then put all of your materials and notes away, before sitting down and writing your essays. You should spend no more than a maximum of one hour writing these essays.
In each case you should also attempt to identify two or three key references (to the primary literature, rather than to textbooks or reviews) that are sources for key / central concepts of the essay and the evidence that supports them.
These essays are provided here to facilitate your ability to prepare and manage your workload. However, even if you do your preparatory reading / note taking ahead of time, please do not write the subsequent essays prior to attending the tutorials for the previous one(s).
Essay titles for Biochemistry tutorials in Immunology:
1. How does the immune system identify and protect against pathogens before it has had time to mount an antibody-based immune response?
2. How is the diversity of the adaptive immune system generated, and what are its limitations?
3. What are the main ways that the innate and adaptive immune systems interact?
4. What are the main mechanisms and failed control processes that lead to immune system mediated damage of the host?