Charles University Prague
2nd Medical School
Department of Immunology
V Úvalu 84, 150 06 Praha 5
Head prof.MUDr. Jiřina Bartůňková, DrSc.
Immunology Essays 2011
Following a good experience of previous years, we continue to assign seminar theses
to stimulate the creative activity of our immunology medical students and to lead
them in getting oriented in the literature.
There are some changes from previous years, so please read these 2 pages carefully.
Itinerary
1. Each group of 2 to 3 students chooses an area within immunology that seems
attractive to them. This may be done looking at the immunology textbook. Using
standard search methods in the medical literature, each group finds a review
article that will be a backbone of the essay. This review has to be from one of the
following journals:
ADV IMMUNOL
ANNU REV IMMUNOL
CLIN EXP ALLERGY
CLIN IMMUNOL
CRIT REV IMMUNOL
CURR OPIN IMMUNOL
EUR J IMMUNOL
GENES IMMUN
IMMUNITY
IMMUNOL REV
IMMUNOL TODAY
INFECT IMMUN
INT IMMUNOL
J ALLERGY CLIN IMMUN
J CLIN IMMUNOL
J EXP MED
J IMMUNOL
J LEUKOCYTE BIOL
NAT IMMUNOL
NAT REV IMMUNOL
SEMIN IMMUNOL
TISSUE ANTIGENS
TRANSPLANTATION
The journals in bold are the ones in which you can find a lot of review articles.
Please, use the medical library of the 2nd Medical School (Ústav vědeckých informací,
Dept. of Scientific Information) or other medical libraries. The journals allocated in
our Department are also available for you (on-site only, please!); during the official
times of seminars, the students who have the seminar are served first.
You can let yourself be inspired by a textbook Janeway/Immunobiology - add your search term at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
At the end of each Part, you can find References.
2. Each group will write an essay on the chosen topic. You can ask your teacher in
case of difficulties.
Intelligent, creative and independent approach will be appreciated. The essay
should be composed as a paper for medically educated colleagues who do not
need to be experts in immunology. All authors who show a perfect comprehension
in the essay will be graded the same.
3. Start as soon as possible. The computer in the ÚI seminar room can be used any
daytime except when occupied by seminars. Ask our secretary for a key.
Extent:
Abstract: 250 words maximum
Text: 2000 words maximum (excluding literature and abstract)
Do not exceed this limit! Brief essays are welcome.
Format:
Send essays via email to our secretary irena.novakova@lfmotol.cuni.cz in electronic form (rtf, doc or pdf).
Oral
presentation presentation in Powerpoint, shown at seminar in December
max. 10 minutes (approximately 6-8 slides)
presence of all students at these seminars is obligatory
Terms:
1st seminar
- the topic will be assigned
November 15, 2011
- deadline for submitting essay
seminar(s) first two weeks in December
- oral presentation
Structure:
Abstract, text and references (literature) are obligatory. Subchapters
are recommended to allow easy orientation to the readers. Cited
references must be tractable by common measures such as Medline
database.
Grading:
 limits (due dates, extent)
 independent thinking, coverage of all available information
 the ability to share the thoughts in a concise way
The grade will be important for the exam.
Database
primary source of abstracts:
MEDLINE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez
The library of our Medical School:
http://www.lf2.cuni.cz/Ustavy/uvi/index.html contains a free fulltext
version of some journals
Alternative search engine Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com
http://www.emedicine.com/
web:
contact:
imunologie.lf2.cuni.cz
radek.spisek@lfmotol.cuni.cz, rudolf.horvath@fnmotol.cz
Charles University Prague
2nd Medical School
Department of Immunology
V Úvalu 84, 150 06 Praha 5
Head prof.MUDr. Jiřina Bartůňková, DrSc.
Immunology Essay
Title of the essay:
Team:
Name and surname
Main review paper:
Date of submission:
Evaluation of the essay:
1/ Adherence to the length limits?
2/ Correct content of the essay? No serious misunderstandings?
3/ Satisfactory graphical layout and style of the essay?
Other comments:
Name and signature of the teacher evaluating the essay:
Date, oral presentation:
Evaluation of the oral presentation:
1/ Adherence to the length limits?
2/ Correct content of the essay? No serious misunderstandings?
3/ Satisfactory graphical layout and style of the presentation?
Other comments:
Name and signature of the teacher evaluating the presentation:
Overall evaluation/grade:
Study group