VACCINOLOGY (BIO-301) Credit Hrs 3(2-1)

1. VACCINOLOGY (BIO-301) Credit Hrs 3(2-1) Dr. Aneela javed

2. Objectives • The aim of the course is to • Introduce students to the various disciplines associated with vaccinology including • vaccine development • The relevant basic sciences such as immunology, microbiology and molecular biology • clinical trials • vaccine safety, ethics • vaccine-economics • vaccination strategies and evaluation of vaccines.

3. Course Contents • An introduction to Vaccinology • Vaccine history and types • Epidemiologic basis of Vaccinology • Role of combination vs. single vaccines • The immune responses to the pathogen & vaccine development • Immunology of Vaccines • Antigen and Vaccine Delivery Strategies • Determinants of Vaccine Availability • Vaccine development strategies: New approaches • Live versus attenuated vaccines • Role of multinational companies in vaccines production • DNA as vaccine • Peptide & Subunits vaccine • Adjuvants in vaccines • Population Genetic analysis: immunity to vaccine • Recombinant vaccine • Animal models of vaccine testing • Vaccine Delivery Systems • Practical issues in relation to trials • Ethical issues related to clinical evaluation of vaccines • Vaccine safety • Review of vaccines in current use • Vaccine-economics • Future of Vaccines/Vaccination

4. Course Contents • PART 1 : INTRODUCTION • Definition • History • Types • Combination vs single vaccine • Part 2: Principles of Vaccine Design • Immunologic Memory: T and B Cells memory • Antigen Processing and Presentation by MHC Class I, II, and Nonclassical Molecules • Understanding the Mucosal Immune System for Better Mucosal Vaccine Design • Part 3: ANIMAL MODELS FOR VACCNE TESTING • Utility of Mouse Models in Vaccine Design and Development, • Utility of Nonhuman Primate Models for Vaccines,

5. Part 4: Delivery Systems • TranscutaneousImmunization via Vaccine Patch Delivery System • Needle-free Jet Injection for Vaccine Administration • Oral Vaccines: An Old Need and Some New PossibilitiesAdjuvants: • Part 5: Evaluating Vaccine Efficacy • Trials in human and practical issues • Part 6: Regulatory Considerations • Regulatory Issues • Role of international companies • Vaccine economics • PART 7: Population genetics and vaccines • Ethical issues • Vaccine safety

6. Antigen Engineering • Sequence-Based Computational Approaches to Vaccine Discovery and DesignAntigen Discovery for Vaccines Using High-throughput Proteomic Screening Technologies, Phage LibrariesAttenuated Bacterial VaccinesVirus-like Particles as Antigen Scaffolds • Recombinant MVA vaccines: Optimization, Preclinical, and Product DevelopmentRecombinant Adenoviruses for VaccinationRecombinant Avipoxviruses, • Intracellular Facultative Bacterial Vectors for Cancer Immunotherapy • Nucleic Acid Vaccination,Artificial Antigen-presenting Cells: Large Multivalent Immunogens

7. BOOKS Recommended Books: • The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations by Kurt Link; Praeger. • Novel Vaccination Strategies by Stefan H. E. Kaufmann. • Vaccinia, Vaccination, Vaccinology - Jenner, Pasteur and Their Successors by Pasteur, B. Fantini, S.A. Plotkin • Progress in Vaccinology by Richard Moxon. • The Virus and the Vaccine: Contaminated Vaccine, Deadly Cancers, and Government Neglect by Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher.

8. Rules 2 OHTs….skip rule…. makeup 6 quiz/surprise test…no makeup Class participation…. Assignments/Presentation /project • Review of vaccines in current used in pakistan

9. PRE- REQUISITE(s) Cell Biology, Microbiology and Virology, Basic Immunonology

10. REVISION Cell Biology, Microbiology and Virology, Basic Immunonology

13. HISTORY

14. 1796

20. TYPES

24. infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)

28. TOXICITY ANTIGENICITY

29. FORMALIN

32. ADVANTAGES