Virtual Genetics Education Centre
Resources
CDC - vaccine preventable diseases
A database of vaccine preventable diseases and their details provided by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Use of this resource with undergraduate fundamental biosciences students aims to encourage a multidisciplinary mind set to vaccination.
Resource: Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Approach: Topic material
Overview of the immune system
This section of the Khan Academy website gives a comprehensive overview of the immune system to an undergraduate level through the use of narrated videos. Topics covered include: phagocytes, leukocyte function and antigen presentation.
Resources: Khan Academy
Approach: Video
Vaccinology by podcast
A series of podcasts covering the latest advancements in and problems faced by the field of vaccinology developed by the University of Oxford.
Resource: University of Oxford, Open Education
Approach: Podcasts