Syllabus

• Week 1

  Introduction to advanced research techniques

  • Getting Started

    Hello and welcome!

  • Advanced research techniques

    Introduction to advanced research techniques

  • Weekly wrap up

    Weekly wrap up

• Week 2

  Molecular diagnostics: a revolution in progress

  • Introduction to Molecular diagnostics

    Introduction to Molecular diagnostics

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Basic theory about PCR

  • Droplet Digital PCR

    Introduction to Droplet Digital PCR

  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method

    Introduction to Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method

  • Weekly Wrap up

    Weekly Wrap up

• Week 3

  How to put together a good Immunology research?

  • Background & Introduction

    Immunology is a complex niche of medical knowledge. Properly designed research is required to tackle many questions in Immunology.

  • Experiment designing

    Experiment designing

  • Execution

    Execution

  • Weekly Wrap up

    Weekly Wrap up

• Week 4

  Plasmodium in vitro blood-stage culture: what are we missing?

  • Plasmodium in vitro blood-stage culture: what are we missing?

    In this activity, you will be briefly introduced to Plasmodium as the causative agent for malaria, get a glimpse of how culture is done in the lab and explore the benefits of Plasmodium in vitro culture.

  • Variation of in vitro Plasmodium culture

    Find out if all human Plasmodium species can be cultured in vitro and what are the differences between short term and continuous culture.

  • What do you need to start Plasmodium culture?

    Find out what is required to start Plasmodium blood stage culture.

  • Obstacles in in vitro Plasmodium culture

    Culturing Plasmodium is not an easy task. Find out some of the main issues that may affect the parasite's growth.

  • Weekly Wrap up

    Test how much you know and let's go through the major key points!

• Week 5

  Genetic manipulation in parasitology: not just cut and pasted!

  • What is CRISPR-Cas9?

    Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) is a simple and precise genome editing tool that can edit/repair DNA sequences in desired way.

  • How CRISPR-Cas9 works

    In this section, we will explain how CRISPR-Cas9 works, by identifying the target to be cut, and the DNA repair mechanisms.

  • CRISPR-Cas9 in Plasmodium sp.

    We will use malaria parasite, Plasmodium sp. as example in this section, to explain how CRISPR-Cas9 works on this deadly parasite.

  • CRISPR-Cas9 in other parasites and vectors

    CRISPR-Cas9 has been used in other parasites including protozoa (Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Cryptosporidium); helminths (Schistosoma, Strongyloides, Opisthorchis); and vectors (mosquito Aedes, sandfly Phlebotomus).

  • Weekly Wrap up

    Let’s have some quick recap on what we have learnt over this week, and is time to check your understanding.

• Week 6

  Spatial-temporal analysis in tropical diseases: its application for decision-making

  • Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)

    Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)

  • What is a spatial data model?

    A spatial data model for GIS (Geographic Information System) is a specialized type of spatial data model that is designed to support the storage, analysis, and visualization of geographic data in a digital environment.

  • What is spatial data analysis?

    What is spatial data analysis?

  • How is GIS used in disease control and planning?

    How is GIS used in disease control and planning?

  • Weekly wrap

    Weekly wrap

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