Cellular and Molecular Immunology
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this advanced immunology course covering cells and tissues of the immune system, lymphocyte development, antigen receptor structure and function, antigen processing and presentation including MHC molecule assembly, cytokine biology, leukocyte-endothelial interactions, and the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases. The course runs as a series of lectures paired with tutorials where clinical cases are discussed with faculty tutors, bringing bench science into contact with real patient presentations. Lecturers include Frederick W. Alt, Hidde Ploegh, David Hafler, Bruce Walker, and over a dozen other Harvard and MIT-affiliated immunologists and clinicians. Materials are provided free through MIT OpenCourseWare, including lecture content and course structure, with no certificate offered. This is a graduate-level treatment aimed at students who already have a foundation in cell biology and want the molecular detail behind immune recognition, signaling, and disease.