Additional reference materials
Your text (The Immune System, 2nd edition, by Peter Parham) is a good starting point for learning more about any particular topic. There are journals in our library that focus on immunobiology (Immunology, Current Opinion in Immunology), and many others accessible through interlibrary loan or the internet. In addition, articles on course topics may be found in more general biological or biomedical research journals, such as Nature, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine. On the web, find the following list of links to journals on immunology: http://www.medbioworld.com/med/journals/immuno.html. There is also a site (http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/) that lists medical journals that are available free online, including many with articles relating to Immunobiology.

Links
Use this Online Medical Dictionary for terminology that is unfamiliar: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/

There are many useful learning aids that are part of the Kuby Immunology site: http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/. A few examples are given below:

• Molecular visualizations, using Chime
  IgG1 tutorial: http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/
  content/mv/ig/molmast.htm
• Antibody/antigen interaction tutorial: http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/
  content/mv/epitope/molmast.htm
• Interactive image of blood cell types: http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/con_index.htm?02
• Animation of necrosis vs. apoptosis: http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/con_index.htm?02

Mike Clark's Immunoglobulin Structure/Function page: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/%7Emrc7/mikeimages.html

View structures of MHC molecules in a great chime tutorial:
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/mhc/

Bioterrorism links on anthrax and smallpox:
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/

This links to an excellent animation of HIV infection:
http://www.roche-hiv.com/home/home.cfm

Immunology tutorial and problem sets, part of the University of Arizona Biology Project:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/
immunology.html

Cells Alive (http://www.cellsalive.com) has an Immunology section that includes good animations, such as "how lymphocytes produce antibody".

Photographs, diagrams, and text illustrate monoclonal antibody production:
http://ntri.tamuk.edu/monoclonal/overall-map.html

A good essay on antibodies, part of the Antibody Resources Page:
http://www.antibodyresource.com/antibody.html

Molecular Movies--Interactive Flash animations. Several animations of processes in immunology (requires shockwave).

• Somatic Recombination (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/somaticrecomb.html) of a light chain to demonstrate how antibodies can bind to so many different epitopes.
• RT-PCR (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/RT_PCR.html) shows how the method of reverse transcriptase-PCR is performed and some sample data are produced.
• MHC I antigen loading (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/MHCI.html)
  shows how MHC class one molecules acquire their antigens for presentation on the cell surface.
• MHC II antigen loading (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/MHCII.html) shows how MHC class two molecules acquire their antigens for presentation on the cell surface.
• IP3 and Ca2+ ions as second messengers (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/IP3.html) shows how ligand binding to a receptor initiates the production
• B Cell Maturation (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
  Flash/Bcellmat.html) shows intracellular and extracellular interactions that illustrate the maturation stages of B cells in the bone marrow.

Hyperlinked Human Histology presents diagrams and micrographs:
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/
hyperhuman/HHH.html

The University of South Carolina Medical School has an excellent online textbook called "Microbiology and Immunology Online" (http://www.med.sc.edu:85/book/welcome.htm).
The Immunology chapter (http://www.med.sc.edu:85/book/immunol-sta.htm) provides abbreviated text, tables, images, animations and video clips. Choose the chapter you wish to explore by clicking on the chapter headings (eg. Chapter 1).

http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Immunology.html provides a list of Immunology links from Harvard University.