高级科学学士-感染与免疫

重大感染和免疫：当生物的细胞和/或组织被致病因子（病原体）侵袭时发生，通常是由于宿主与这些因子和/或衍生自这些因子的产物发生反应而复合的毒素。病原体包括但不限于病毒，细菌，真菌和原生动物。在居住在宿主表面和腔中的微生物群落中，功能障碍也可能引起疾病。被感染的宿主可以通过多方面的免疫反应对感染进行报复，范围从细菌对噬菌体感染的先天反应到复杂的哺乳动物免疫反应。
The Bachelor of Advanced Science is designed specifically to develop student learning using an inquiry-oriented and research-immersion model. Students engage in a number of research project subjects based on their chosen major, which include advanced materials and data science, environmental biotechnology, infection and immunity, pharmaceutical sciences, and pre-medicine. Students are placed with world-leading research scientists and learn 'on the job', actively mentored in research teams learning theory through real-time application and solving real-world problems. More than just a work placement, this course is a holistic learning experience designed to train the next generation of scientists.<br><br>Infection occurs when the cells and/or tissues of an organism are invaded by disease-causing agents (pathogens), often compounded by the reaction of the host to these agents and/or products derived from these agents, such as toxins. Pathogens include, but are not limited to, viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoans. Disease may also arise through dysfunction in microbial communities inhabiting host surfaces and cavities. Infected hosts can retaliate against infection through multi-faceted immune responses, spanning bacterial innate responses to bacteriophage infection, to the complex mammalian immune response. Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases was revolutionised in the 20th century by the introduction of sanitation, vaccination and deployment of targeted medications such as antibiotics. In humans, infectious diseases are already a major cause of morbidity and mortality, causing approximately 17 per cent of all deaths globally, the accelerating impact of bacterial pathogens with antibiotic resistance in the modern era will further increase mortality. This major provides students with advanced experimental, analytical and computational skills and expertise to enable them to understand how pathogens or dysfunctional microbial communities cause infection (pathogenesis) and disease, how host immune systems can prevent and/or respond to infection, and explore how modern vaccine and drug development can tackle infectious diseases.