Virtual Genetics Education Centre

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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

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